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The Happenings of Hannah

The Happenings of Hannah

Meet Hannah, who joins us from Down Under as our marine biology intern at Kuda Huraa.
It’s not long before she’s helping out with our rehabilitation turtles, in what turns out to be the busiest period at our rescue Centre.
And read how the Maldivian spinner dolphins might have finally warmed her heart … ❤

Beth’s Marine Biology Blog – chapter 2

Beth’s Marine Biology Blog – chapter 2

Join our intern Beth, as she helps with our Reefscapers coral propagation projects during her second month here at the Marine Discovery Centre, Kuda Huraa.
Beth also gets hands on experience with our sea turtle rescue & rehabilitation programme, as she takes part in a daring mid-ocean rescue to save ‘Buddy’ !

Beth’s Marine Biology Blog

Beth’s Marine Biology Blog

Join Beth, our new intern at the Marine Discovery Centre, Kuda Huraa, as she learns about caring for the sea turtles in our Head Start Programme, and attends a ‘ghost net’ awareness course.
Beth helps out with our national Turtle ID Project, photographing wild sea turtles on the reef, and there’s a spectacular dolphin cruise !

Ghost Net Awareness 2013

Ghost Net Awareness 2013

Ghost nets are a big problem that can entangle and cause the deaths of many types of marine animals. So we have started a new project this month, to collect data on the nets that we find drifting in Maldivian waters, with the hope of identifying their SE Asian origin.
Now UPDATED with news from August.