The Project Orion Team was glad to have the opportunity to visit the Underwater World Singapore for our Pre-Event Service Project. We were also given the honour of having Dr. Diong, a leading turtle researcher in Singapore to enlighten us on sea turtle conservation.
The pre-event was a very fruitful one as we learnt much on our sea friends and we were more prepared to face them in our project. UWS also gave us the opportunity to feed the sea turtles. They too gave us an insight on the tagging of the marine turtles. The most interesting part of the trip was definitely the visit to the quarantine area where the team got to see baby turtles ready to be introduced to the aquarium. The staff of UWS also taught us how to identify the different turtles we will be interacting with, such as the Hawksbill Turtle and the Green Turtle. It would be wonderful, however, if we actually saw a rare Leatherback Turtle come up to nest along the East Malaysian shores.
An amazing trip behind the scenes of the aquarium. Definitely worth the time of the team. Enjoyable, educational and fun.
Signed off,
Oliver
Team Leader
Oliver
Team Leader
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