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Microchips in young terrapins
Information on ejection of microchips in young terrapins
Back in Mangkok after the CNY break
Fong and I got back to our base in Mangkok last night (20th February), after our long CNY break. The first thing I did upon arrival was rush to our box of terrapin eggs. I was devastated by what I saw.
More on our activities
Since our absence from our base from 10 February, we have procurred two more clutches of eggs for incubation. Malek and Ropi, our two very dependable village friends and assistants have helped us make the purchase and incubate them.
We got our first clutch of eggs last night
After establishing our base in Kampong Mangkok for more than 11 days, we finally procured our first clutch of river terrapin eggs for incubation.
TCC @ Mangkok
We are pleased to announce that we have acquired a small wooden building in Kampung Mangkuk, Setiu to use as our base near the river terrapin nesting site in the Setiu River.
The terrapins have been released
We decided to release all the river and painted terrapins that we have been taking care of in the terrapin hatchery on campus. It was a very difficult decision to make because our initial intention was to raise the terrapins up to 3 years old before release, but we figured it was the best we could do for the terrapins, given the circumstances.
