Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-07-02
MAMMOTH SEA TURTLES.
o,Anrs THAT WEIGH ONE
THOUSAND POUNDS
g,e,. About Great Marine feF'a''s'' ana
How They Ars ussfai-it l. ila-
posslblr 10 HaFd-hoh
TurIie's Esg.

/ he Washington star Frp9ftet 80 y
our li,tle white spheres kaeA one
vas about an ineh 10 diameter Aha
looked as II il was covered Win eA'
luisitely delicate canvas
Those were Laid by !osgeFAeAd
turtle BE explained I've seen
.ortolses 81 that kind which woald
weigh loco pounds apiecN some
times they eros y ]. 5oJ y l ~
poaads understand Sea turtles
- 10 b monsters There Is kind
called The leaiher-bacz which g
bigger than the loggerheal; bat they
~ very rara H9weges they are
not good FOR much oaly taelF 81.
being used Tor a laorscat0E
you take a thousand, pound log
eerhead AID be will Measure - Ga o.
&. pat feet IN leagth and aims To-:
across the back Including sae 1lppera
lie Is q very fasi and strOas swimmer
% that yo4 must catch hia aslesp oa
the water Z you eEPect % hag h,m-
4 Specimens are often seca mlag rallies
IRON land floating or the wave. Tn
| Ike the other great sea tuFt!9A ~hleh
probes q vegetable diet tas logger
head IS earniyor0uk Il las trry
powerful Jaws and wllh them Il
easily cracks tAa shells - large
ccachs eating the meat Tbs yoaas
ones ara sad % Be pretty good il a
stew o. soup but taoss that are foil
I grown arr leathesy aud masky il
flavor Sometimes tae % from us
/ iat s smearal GA tie sides O.! vessels
u keep worms from eating tbs ao01
In tbs spF.ng the female logger
head comes asEope ana scoops gat a
I p.t with her hind legs 10 tAe sand 90
I The south side Of q ah0aL Ibua she
Lays from $50 70 .02 eggs ID the ho.e
and covers thea up agaia with the
sand leaving them . b ha.eacl -
the lea. 81 the sun bears arc ever 81
I fond 81 turtle eggs o. an s0rta sa4
they dig UP the nests wherever theE
/ can End then, gob5Ias ama lag
/ Quantities ! ha known A. many ~
thlgtsea nests 70 ~ robbed IS stag.
bear 10 on night AZ soon a. thsy
ase hatehel the y5aas oaes seattle
\ INFO tho aa,e-. Cy4ba EsAas aa4
I she,l-hsh q al sorts caaE- bate 10 tAs
\ diet y these tortgIsef
Turtle eggs are ~ acquired taste
with mos. people n!tapusa th-r ars
not 20 EliA tearA They hass 4
rough ye.l9W y5lk ana q waite !iFe
any ether -EA bur ygu raa ea8e
I thou Tor year agl Tie aalfs MARI
viii remain iqgl8 We seH tsar1
mostly @ cll5rel l5.ks N8,sce tbr
c4r.0as dtmple "a tAo SO y .stb
oae. j yol 4aeese & oat ,he alms,s
4 appears 81 the other side. a1a gsB
san ueger Eei bo.d 10 t4rsle
egg which hasai got S l!rple b
Most % the green iartles an.
reach The Northern msrxs, ra-..
from Southern florida bat ias-s n
another species on the Pacs Caart
They grow bigger a. yoa 70 fnr,hr-
South In tais latitude theg aeon
often found larger time eight e5a7F,
bat a Cedar Keys tAey reach ID.
pounds Ia weight Taoy 1.-Two h Der
water and feed on sea ulants 1890
tho Kind called turtle grass wbI.G
they cut 81 near tho root. eating NV
lower parts and leaving the Ion. sas,
ing % that IL COLLECTS Ia $50,
Fields and marks the spots where ~,
animals ars 70 b hunted 'or 81 ~
fshermen IT,
After browsing 90 such ocean ma.
lures the green turtles 90 10 Tho rpc,,tt.
81 rivers for baths "a fre,h -
whicn they seem y Mood lr5ra u,p, y
ume Tho Florida fishermen ne ~.
reptiles enter the creeks aad rosl ~.
gether masses Of grasA ccnsn,t,.,
them into balls with clay. Whon ths
turn Of the tide take. tho bsli. ~.
70 sea they follow them Tha f.to-
men watch for such balls a,s,la T.
down the creeks aud whom tb.g -
them they stretch nsts across ~,
mouths Of the streams and alvsr.
catch tho turtles
IN springtime tho female rr..u
turtle seeks the shore ~ es''
island Or the bank Of a lonely riva- :. -
lay her eggs. Being very sby
makes a landing at night we're ~,
housIE and crawls TO polnt -
nigh water mark. where sba az
mole one or two feet deem ,-i,b -.
hipDera In this bole She lays $50 ~
100 70 200 oggs arranging ,bor, ' 49,.
carefully. Finally she seoons ,sy
loose sand over the eggs ieveIIp, 49, ~
smoothing u so that il "A har5iy - ~
slnle TO tell that there !s a nest 49, ~.
Inc Iortugas Islands are tav w. !,
haunt Tor green turtlcS psl,c.-.
and other big birds fre,sen, IN y.
breeding grounds ana SNAP ~ ~ -.
young ones as they make ~ az -.
water ! dare say you know IA, ~
greea hesh attached 10 the upper .' s,' '.i'
Is called calipash. while nv 49, ~.
hesh attached to the lower .s siio y
called calipee.' From tho eo,s ~ :. \
= obtained. but what is callsJ ~ ,,,- y,
OH soap Is really made from bao, 49, T. y, I.
sometimes the flesh az ,bo VI, e
toise shell turtle IS eaten. bu, h !. VT VT
good Tor much. There are Two s, 4 -
the tortoise shelf and tho 6a 49,
phi with not much difference y" = ~
tween them Although their a., ~ :.
HuN IN Ia