{"id":17988,"date":"2021-01-08T13:49:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T18:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.qa.caorda.com\/blog\/?p=12216"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:02:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T17:02:47","slug":"hogan-the-hulk-turtle-doesnt-settle-for-average","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/hogan-the-hulk-turtle-doesnt-settle-for-average\/","title":{"rendered":"Hogan &#8220;the Hulk&#8221; turtle doesn&#8217;t settle for average!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-1j97qu8-d954dbdec10ff5de904045a47b708e65 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-17988'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-17988'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-7714eba142aeda1f8b5272a3c372b279 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-la2zajwc-ee03232185bfde5f783df419b9aded77'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>We weigh in our western painted turtles from our head starting program at the Greater Vancouver Zoo monthly. This allows us to check their body condition and health closely as well as sort them for size. By identifying each individual turtle to its ID sheet via plastron, or belly, photos we can track each individual turtle throughout their development. Grouping turtles by size ensures we are able to establish they are eating and basking without being overrun by larger conspecifics. In doing our first turtle sort of 2021 we came across a turtle we nearly couldn\u2019t believe. We checked, and we double checked and yes\u2026this was a 2020 turtle!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-la2z9z97-b8fd60cca7df68376a8c6b2667c7054a\">\n.avia-image-container.av-la2z9z97-b8fd60cca7df68376a8c6b2667c7054a img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-la2z9z97-b8fd60cca7df68376a8c6b2667c7054a .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-la2z9z97-b8fd60cca7df68376a8c6b2667c7054a av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-31277 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-31277 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/hogan-e1609969331562-292x300.png' alt='' title='hogan'  height=\"300\" width=\"292\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><section  class='av_textblock_section av-la2zajwc-ee03232185bfde5f783df419b9aded77'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Hogan &#8220;the Hulk&#8221; turtle! On his hatchling ID picutre you can see his distinctive belly pattern and also how the umbilical scar (yellow patch in the centre) has closed since hatch.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><section  class='av_textblock_section av-la2zajwc-ee03232185bfde5f783df419b9aded77'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Now normally, our turtles reach releasable size by early summer the year after they hatch. For our 2020 hatchling that means we would expect our very first group of turtles to reach releasable size by June 2021. This group would be the go getters, the real growth superstars, the rest of the hatchlings would come around to releasable size with about 50-60% being released in 2021, with the rest overwintering another year for release in 2022. So you can imagine our awe when \u201cHogan\u201d one of our 2020 hatchlings released releasable size, a whopping 30.6 grams, right in time for the new year. 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