What sea turtle species have you seen?

[Fallax]

Was thinking about sea turtles today and wondered if any ZooChatter has seen all 7 species? Of course not all of them are in captivity but I'm pretty sure at least 5 of them are as of current.

Personally, I have only seen the green sea turtle but I'm lucky enough to have seen this species both in captivity as well as in the wild.

 

[bongorob]

Green, Hawksbill, Kemp's Ridley, Loggerhead

 

[Bengal Tiger]

I've only seen green sea turtles (at least as far as I can remember).

 

[birdsandbats]

All but Leatherback and Flatback, and none in the wild (although I have seen their nests).

 

[Aardwolf]

I've seen loggerhead, green, hawksbill, and both of the Ridley's in aquariums, have worked with loggerheads, and have seen loggerhead and green in the wild

 

[oflory]

Are there any flatback seaturtles in captivity?

 

[Enzo]

For sure? Just the green sea turtle (in the wild and in captivity). However, I believe I could've seen both hawksbill and loggerhead back when I was a kid when my local zoo had an exhibit with one of each.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

All but Flatback and Kemp's Ridley, with one (Leatherback) in the wild.

 

[birdsandbats]

All but Flatback and Kemp's Ridley, with one (Leatherback) in the wild.

Where did you manage to see Leatherback?

 

[jayjds2]

The same 5 as most, but I’ve seen 4/5 wild; just not olive ridley. If you split green sea turtle, I’ve also seen the other species (both captive and wild).

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Where did you manage to see Leatherback?

Off the coast of Scotland, between Rùm and the Isle of Skye, in summer 1999 although population density is very low, a small number are spotted around Great Britain and Ireland every year (particularly during the summer and autumn months) having come here to feed on the large numbers of jellyfish found in our waters.

 

[Fresco3]

Only Green and Loggerhead, both at Brighton SeaLife Centre.

 

[Kakapo]

Green (almost any big aquarium: La Rochelle, Barcelona, Seaworld San Diego, Madrid zoo-aquarium, New England aquarium, Haus des Meeres), loggerhead (Loro Park, Birch Aquarium, Madrid Zoo-Aquarium, Pairi Daiza, New England Aquarium, Sevilla aquarium), Olive Ridley's (Pairi Daiza). Susprisingly I haven't seen any hawksbill despite being more common than Olive Ridley's in captivity according to the poll results.

 

[devilfish]

To date, I've seen all except leatherback.

 

[UngulateNerd92]

I have seen and photographed four out of seven extant species.

 

[Fallax]

To date, I've seen all except leatherback.

I'm curious as to where you have seen flatback?

 

[CrashMegaraptor]

Green, Loggerhead and Hawksbill. All in aquariums, but I would legit love to see a wild turtle.

 

[devilfish]

I'm curious as to where you have seen flatback?

At AQWA on the brief Australian leg of a much more extensive zoo tour in 2016.

@LaughingDove saw the same animal just a few weeks later. We'd both uploaded photos to the gallery, like this one:

Flatback turtle, June 2016 - ZooChat

 

[German Zoo World]

I have seen Green Sea Turtle and Loggerhead Sea Turtle.

 

[HayBrand]

Are there any flatback seaturtles in captivity?

Not Sure if they're still in captivity, but there were some at a few Zoos in Darwin, NT, Aus
As well as the occasional rescue at AQWA, Territory Wildlife Park and Crocodylus Park