Life in a Shell
Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins, who knew there could be so many species of them? Have you ever thought what they eat? Oh, I didn’t know turtles could be sooo excitingly fun to get to know with.
First that caught my attention was this cutie baby tortoise. I couldn’t help cuddling it. It’s like a living toy!
Going from small to medium, this good-looking creature is Stella. She is Ark Avilon’s resident pet. Stella is an Indian star tortoise. Literally, she leisurely roams around the admin office like a regular pet. Kuya Noel here was introducing her to Chantal.
And what’s next to medium? Yes! It is large. Meet the gigantic African Spurred Tortoise.
Chantal, with the help of Kuya Kent & Kuya Noel was feeding the giant tortoise in this photo with green leafies & juicy melons.
Of course, the food preparations for these shelled beauties were demonstrated. Kuya Kent was chopping the fish, greens and melons. Were you surprised to see fish in the turtles’ diet? I was!
Chantal helped prepare the food too!
Oh these guys are hungry!
Take a good look at this adorable, tiny and innocent-looking one…
Some at play on land…
And the others at play in water…
Now, look at this big guy!
Meet the Alligator Snapping Turtle a.k.a. the monster turtle! Why the name? Because its shell is like the alligator's…
… and snaps like an alligator. It wouldn’t let go of the fish once it got hold of it. Oh, you should see how it seized that big bangus. That was startling!
According to kuya Noel, the tongue of the Alligator Snapping Turtle has a worm-like tip. It uses it to lure the prey. And since fish loves worm, they would voluntarily take the risk to get to the “worm”. Lucky guy.
Whew! Awesome turtles.
Ok, let’s lighten up a little and go to something artsy. The recycled art project featured herein is the Mandala Design using old CDs.
Chantal started painting wearing a quite serious face. She must be tired after that turtle mission. And even though she loves painting, she couldn’t think of what to paint.
And… I think she was having fun painting with mommy… Look at her rainbow design. Lovely color combination, huh?
We were making a beautiful mess and I loved the way this artsy chaos look.
And finally, Chantal merrily completed 4 colorful designs from the humble old CDs. And she got to take them all home.
Hope to see you in our next session. See yah!
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