Turtle

Exist for 250 million years

"Fossils of Life" from the Dinosaur Age

Basic ties of marine ecosystems

Maintain the health of marine natural ecology

Connecting the ocean to the continent

Special significance for world culture

Needs to take a breath every ten minutes of diving

About 300,000 adult turtles have been killed by humans each year since the middle of the last century.The rapid development of environmental pollution has greatly weakened the turtle's immune system and made it vulnerable to pathogens.There are currently only 7 species of sea turtles, six of those are endangered. All the world's major wildlife protection organizations (ITES, IUCN and WWF) have listed all sea turtles as endangered species and become the main protection targets.

Barnacles & Barnacle adhesion mechanism

Barnacles living on various substrates. Turtles are a good habitat for barnacles. Barnacle larva grows rapidly after attachment. There are 29 types of recorded "turtle barnacles". Turtles are not the only symbiosis of barnacles.

Barnacle secretion colloid is attached to the surface of the substrate. The colloid is transparent and non-adhesive, and the molecule and ion adhere to the surface of the substrate.

How to avoid barnacles

Turtles & Barnacles

Turtle barnacles are parasitic, and barnacles do not cause serious harm to turtles. A large number of barnacles parasitize the turtle, which will increase the turtle's weight and resistance to swimming, and increase breathing difficulty. Bacteria, fungi, and other pathogens will invade, and infect the turtle body through the carapace invaded by barnacles. Turtles parasitized by a large number of barnacles, often have serious illness, accompanied by various diseases. Barnacles leave the turtles to choose other hosts to survive, but a large number of barnacles can crush the turtles and cause various infectious diseases.

How humans save turtles