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  • A sick turtle that is stranded in Queensland.
  • USCG pilots at Reagan National Airport, Washington, DC.
  • Stephan Woodborne and Grant Hall, Environmental Scientists, from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) climb up into a baobab tree. Kruger National Park. Baobabs are giants among trees, some stand eighty feet tall, and over forty feet across.
  • Faridah Dahlen and Dr. Carla Dove in their lab at the Smithsonian Museum. Faridah Dahlen has just started at the lab in January 2008. She hopes to impress this crack team with her skills as a DNA detective. Faridahs first assignment at the lab is to investigate a recent mysterious mid air collision.
  • Stephan Woodborne and Grant Hall, Environmental Scientists, from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) collect samples from a fallen baobab tree. Kruger National Park.
  • Mike Begier, national safety coordinator at Reagan National Airport.
  • Michele Hofmeyer, a Botanist and Manager of Skukuza Nursery, in an elephant damaged baobab tree at Kruger National Park.
  • Grant Hall, an Environmental Scientist working on samples of a fallen baobab tree in the laboratory at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
  • Magnetic Island veterinarian Alison Bee performing a post mortem on a turtle that has mysteriously died.
  • Baobab tree in Kruger National Park with serious elephant damage, Kruger National Park.
  • Ian Bell is a scientist that has been studying the turtles and investigating why they are dying.
  • A Black Vulture at Cunningham Falls State Park, in Maryland. Most of a vultures bones are hollow, and filled with air, making them strong, but light - ideal for climbing higher and higher. Theyre known to soar over 10,000 feet searching for food, and some vultures dont know when to stop.
  • Dead and dying turtles on the beach near Magnetic Island.
  • Scientist, Ian Bell and his student Hannah are tagging the turtles and taking blood samples.
  • Magnetic Island ranger, Jo Peterson with a dead turtle that she found on the beach at Magnetic Island.

  • Beached Turtle

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    A sick turtle that is stranded in Queensland.

  • Ready For Takeoff

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    USCG pilots at Reagan National Airport, Washington, DC.

  • Baobab Investigation

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    Stephan Woodborne and Grant Hall, Environmental Scientists, from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) climb up into a baobab tree. Kruger National Park. Baobabs are giants among trees, some stand eighty feet tall, and over forty feet across.

  • Flying Deer Analysis

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Faridah Dahlen and Dr. Carla Dove in their lab at the Smithsonian Museum. Faridah Dahlen has just started at the lab in January 2008. She hopes to impress this crack team with her skills as a DNA detective. Faridahs first assignment at the lab is to investigate a recent mysterious mid air collision.

  • Searching For Samples

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Stephan Woodborne and Grant Hall, Environmental Scientists, from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) collect samples from a fallen baobab tree. Kruger National Park.

  • DC Air Safety

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    Mike Begier, national safety coordinator at Reagan National Airport.

  • A Perfect Nook

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    Michele Hofmeyer, a Botanist and Manager of Skukuza Nursery, in an elephant damaged baobab tree at Kruger National Park.

  • Environmental Scientist

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Grant Hall, an Environmental Scientist working on samples of a fallen baobab tree in the laboratory at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

  • Mystery Illness

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Magnetic Island veterinarian Alison Bee performing a post mortem on a turtle that has mysteriously died.

  • Damaged Baobab

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Baobab tree in Kruger National Park with serious elephant damage, Kruger National Park.

  • Death Investigation

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Ian Bell is a scientist that has been studying the turtles and investigating why they are dying.

  • High Flying Bird

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    A Black Vulture at Cunningham Falls State Park, in Maryland. Most of a vultures bones are hollow, and filled with air, making them strong, but light - ideal for climbing higher and higher. Theyre known to soar over 10,000 feet searching for food, and some vultures dont know when to stop.

  • Washing Ashore

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Dead and dying turtles on the beach near Magnetic Island.

  • Tagging Turtles Team

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Scientist, Ian Bell and his student Hannah are tagging the turtles and taking blood samples.

  • Deceased Turtle

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Magnetic Island ranger, Jo Peterson with a dead turtle that she found on the beach at Magnetic Island.
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