Turtle Riding on the Great Barrier Reef
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posted on 2023-05-16, 18:24 authored by Pocock, CATurtle riding was once a popular activity among holidaymakers at the Great Barrier Reef off the northeast coast of Australia. In the first half of the twentieth century. it was a significant way for tourists to engage with living marine life. The turtle breeding season offered tourists an opportunity to see female turtles emerge from the sea and come ashore to nest and lay their eggs. They could also witness emerging hatchlings scuttle from shore to sea. This sea-land-sea transformation facilitated unique forms of human-nonhuman animal interaction and was integral to visitor affection for, and affinity with, sea turtles. © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2006.
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Society in AnimalsVolume
14Pagination
129-146ISSN
1063-1119Department/School
TSBEPublisher
Brill PublishersPlace of publication
NetherlandsRepository Status
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