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Essential Guide to Measuring and Recording Data for Turtles

This comprehensive guide by Chrystal Bobe and Gabriela Ortiz outlines the critical steps for effectively measuring and recording data on turtles. The process includes capturing turtles, weighing them accurately, and measuring their length, depth, and width. Important techniques for photography and tagging are also covered. Detailed instructions ensure minimal stress for the turtles while allowing researchers to gather vital information. Remember, accurate recording is crucial for studying turtle species and their habitats. Releasing them back into their original habitat is the final step.

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Essential Guide to Measuring and Recording Data for Turtles

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  1. How to Measure and Record Data for Turtles By: Chrystal Bobe and Gabriela Ortiz

  2. Step 1: Catching turtles See “How to: Pitfall”

  3. If your not sure what species it is, look it up!

  4. Step 2a: Weighing turtle • Get a container accordingly to the size of your turtle and a scale.

  5. Step 2b: Set the Scale to Zero We do this so that the weight is solely of the turtle, and does not include the weight of the container.

  6. Step 2c: Place the turtle in the container.

  7. Step 2d: Record the weight in grams Note: turtles may be moving around a lot so record the number that shows up most.

  8. Step 3: Measuring length

  9. Step 4: Measuring depth

  10. Step 5: Measuring width

  11. Step 6: Take Pictures! Take lots of pictures, especially ones that can distinguish one creature from another, such as the lines on this painted turtles neck.

  12. A top view like this can show the unique patterns on the backs of a turtle.

  13. A side view.

  14. Dorsal view-they don’t like this very much!

  15. Step 7: Tagging the turtle Choose a spot to tag the turtle.

  16. Step 7 Then file a groove into the shell of the turtle. It doesn’t hurt the turtles; it just feels like filing a fingernail.

  17. Make sure to write everything down as it is happening; you don’t want to miss anything or record the wrong thing.

  18. When you are done, release the turtle back into its original habitat!

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