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End-to-End names charities to benefit from 2023 eventSaturday, February 18, 2023
Five charities will benefit from money raised at this year’s Convex End-to-End, it was announced today.
Funds raised will go to the Bermuda Zoological Society’s Microforest Project, Gina Spence Productions, the Eliza DoLittle Society, the Skills Development Programme and Vision Bermuda.
Juvenile Seal Rescued From Clearwater Beach
Saturday, February 18, 2023
A seal was seen at Clearwater Beach today [Feb 18] and it returned to the ocean before BAMZ staff could arrive to provide assistance, and they noted that a “seal in Bermuda is in distress” so have advised that anyone sees the seal please keep your distance and contact the BAMZ Animal hotline at 293-2727.
BZS Lionfish Chowder Competition
Saturday, February 18, 2023
The Bermuda Zoological Society [BZS] held an Eat’Um to Beat’Um Lionfish Chowder Competition event this afternoon [Feb 18] at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo [BAMZ], with crowds of people coming out to taste the various chowders.
Micro forests take root across the island
Thursday, January 19, 2023
An effort to establish a series of “micro forests” across the island has established ten thriving plots, according to the Bermuda Zoological Society.
Successful First Year of Micro Forest Project
Thursday, January 19, 2023
The Bermuda Zoological Society [BZS] has highlighted the BZS Micro Forest Project, which has an aim to plant 1,500 native-compatible and endemic plants each year for three years.
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All the latest updates and news from the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo, one of Bermuda's leading visitor attractions!
By Jessie Moniz
Published Nov 6, 2012 at 8:00 am
Kermit the Frog famously said: ‘It ain’t easy being green.’ Green sea turtles at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo would probably agree.
Sometimes being green smells a bit.
A group of nine from the Fairmont Hamilton recently gave six turtles first class spa treatment staff, a few hotel guests, and an interested student joined in Fairmont’s Green Partnership Programme which encourages staff to take part in environmental initiatives and give back to the community.
Fairmont Hamilton Princess employee
Derek Wheeler giving a bath to a turtle at the
Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.
Fairmont Hamilton Princess
employee Shiloh Whalen
“It was fun scrubbing turtles,” said Kerrie Aubrey, the hotel’s concierge agent. “When we first arrived there was a smell and I thought it smelled a bit like the ocean. I live by the ocean so I am used to that. After a short time, I didn’t notice because I was too busy giving my lady turtle her exfoliating scrub.”
The BAMZ Green Turtle exhibit stands outside the Flatts facility by the road. It introduces visitors to the Bermuda Turtle Project and offers an opportunity to focus on the importance of conservation and education to the protection of our oceanic island environment.
Staff from the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo
and staff from the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel
weigh and measure green sea turtles
Staff from the Fairmont Hamilton Princess
give green sea turtles a scrub down
The residents of this tank need to be scrubbed periodically to help remove the algae from their shells, which would otherwise be removed by parasites in the wild. The tank is drained and cleaned monthly, but algae grows quickly on the shells especially because the water in the tank is a little warmer than the ocean. Parasites would keep down this algae in the wild, but in captivity the green turtles need help from humans.
Aquarium staff took the bath as an opportunity to weigh and measure the turtles. Their weight varied between 148lbs and 297lbs.
“Staff at the hotel have done this in the past but this was my first time,” said Ms Aubrey. “I love the environment and I have volunteered at the Aquarium. It took us about an hour to clean and measure them. Some turtles were cleaner than others. I picked the dirtiest and unhappiest lady. She definitely did not appreciate being cleaned. She was constantly trying to move. I don’t think they were too distressed, but it is definitely not part of their regular routine.”
Useful website: www.conserveturtles.org/bermuda/