2/26/2020
Marc Rice and a group of 4 HPA students went down to the Mauna Lani Hotel to do the monthly weighing and measuring of their 6
juvenile Honu. We arrived at 0830 and assisted Pi'i and Ethan to get the turtles out of their pond and scrub the algae off of their carapaces. After the cleaning operation, each turtle was measured, weighed and tagged prior to being released back into their pond.
All six of the honu look in top shape, well feed, active and robust.
The HPA students did a great job of taking measurements and interacting with the hotel guests that stopped by to see what we were doing.
Below are a few pictures of the activities of the day.
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| Pi'i Laeha surveys the turtle pond looking for a honu. |
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| One honu in the net and ready for transfer to the carrier. |
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| Ethan transfers a honu from the net to the carrier. |
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| The HPA team scrubs the algae off of the carapace of each of the six turtles. |
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| The HPA team with a honu on the measuring table. |
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| Measuring the straight carapace length. |
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| Hikari measures the curved carapace length. |
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| Measuring the curved carapace width. |
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| Johana measures the straight length of the plastron. |
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| Measuring the tail and vent length. |
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