Hello,underwater lingerie sex video turtle friend.
The months-old blob seen above is an Asian giant softshell turtle. Scientists long thought this species was extinct in the Cambodian portion of the Mekong River — until they discovered some stragglers in the early 2000s.
SEE ALSO: This frog's slime can destroy flu virusesSince then, conservation groups have worked with local communities and officials to boost the wild population of these endangered turtles. A team recently released 150 hatchlings back into their natural habitat, bringing the running total to more than 7,700 baby turtles in the past 10 years.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Huge swaths of the turtle's habitat in southeast Asia have disappeared due to urban and industrial development along the Mekong River, which flows more than 3,000 miles from China to Vietnam. The sand where turtles breed is routinely hauled away for use in construction projects, while fishing nets scoop up hatchlings. Poachers also take turtles and their eggs to sell for food.
"The species has quite a wide historical range across Asia ... but much of that range is now completely gone," said Joe Walston, who worked extensively with softshell turtles in Cambodia for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), where he's now vice president for global conservation.
The freshwater turtle species is officially listed as endangered by the IUCN Red List, an authoritative inventory of threatened plant and animal species.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable For the last decade, WCS, Conservation International, the Turtle Survival Alliance and local groups have worked to protect turtle nests and breeding grounds. Their goal is to ensure eggs will multiply and hatch, and that baby turtles grow strong enough to eventually fend for themselves in the wild.
Walston said he first went to Cambodia shortly after the end of the Khmer Rouge, the brutal regime that controlled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979.
"We had no idea what the state of species would be in the area," he recalled. "But we did know that the Mekong River holds some of the largest examples of freshwater turtles and fish, including the giant Mekong catfish, the giant Mekong ray, and some of these giant softshell turtles."
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Initial surveys in 2003 and in 2007 found two small populations of the blob-like turtles along a 30-mile stretch between the Kratie and Stung Treng provinces.
Conservation efforts soon followed, including a program to hire former egg collectors to help search for and protect nests instead of harvesting the eggs, said Sun Yoeung, WCS's project coordinator for Asian giant softshell turtles.
Turtle friend, we're so glad you made it.
MOUZ dismantle Falcons to reach the semi
The internet casts 'Trump
Some LGBTQ+ videos are being filtered on YouTube and vloggers want answers
Women's mansplaining experiences will make you want to throw things
USC Professor Whose NEH Grant Was Rescinded Speaks Out
The universe reached down and blessed us all with a new Meryl Streep meme
Alec Baldwin gives kid pretty good lesson on his Trump impression
Once again, Trump makes one of his old tweets 'fake news'
PHOTOS: Riding High at Sun Valley Obon
Fake Elmo is sad to learn he's out of a job because of Trump's budget cuts
MOUZ dismantle Falcons to reach the semi
Did you know you shouldn't feed ducks bread? These people didn't.
Once again, Trump makes one of his old tweets 'fake news'
Iguana, who answers to no man, wreaks havoc at the Miami Open tennis tournament
San Diego’s Largest Film Festival Announces 140+ Film Line
The real story behind Trump's fake Irish/Nigerian 'proverb'
Obama's photographer will never be done trolling Trump
Some LGBTQ+ videos are being filtered on YouTube and vloggers want answers
Scouts Pancake Breakfast April 13 in Gardena
Koalas don't like water but they're being 'driven to drink' by climate change
Mike Bloomberg is out. But he's still memeMicrosoft turns its Build conference into an onlineDinky One is a new dating site that caters to people with small penisesThis cyclone is soaking Southern California with welcome rainUK government finally, FINALLY scraps the tampon taxInternational Women's Day marches around the world: PhotosOppo makes a statement with the powerful Find X2 Pro phoneBravo's 'Family Karma' is an addictive and too real reality showTourism nixed by coronavirus: Airbnb got it right. Hotels.com didn't.Ori and the Will of the Wisps: One of the best platformers of all time BritBox launches in the UK smack bang in the middle of the global streaming war Facebook blocks posts outing alleged Trump whistleblower Google employees aren't down with the climate crisis Juul suspends sale of mint flavor pods days after damaging study YouTube says it can delete accounts that aren't 'commercially viable' Books to give activists as they prepare for the upcoming election 'Watchmen': Everything you need to know from the comic after Episode 4 Twitter wants your help figuring out how to deal with deepfakes BTS collaborates with Casetify to launch tech accessory collection Tampons will no longer get taxed as luxury goods in Germany
0.144s , 14300.1484375 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【underwater lingerie sex video】This cute baby turtle photo is a sign of hope for southeast Asia,Global Hot Topic Analysis
