hello!

My class and another one went to the Rajiv Ganghi college of veterinary and animal sciences, we only saw domestic animals except a small snake. We really enjoyed our tour. We also went to a museum where there was a dissection of the bodie of different animals.

Biscot Esther 4°2

Venomous snakes

VENOMOUS BITES OF SNAKE

Snakes are venomous .They bite with fangs .

Rattle snake are poisanous .Many people die because they get too close to snake, sometimes snakes are harmless like baby sand boas .





MOHAMED Wasim 4°2

Distribution of snakes

Many snakes live in africa ,India, Astralia .
In Africa We can see many snakes .

Diderot Bhuvanesh4°2

the press

At 3 o'clock,the press came to our school to take pictures of snakes that visited our school. They disturbed us by standing before the snakes and we couldn't take clear photos because of them. We came in DINAMALAR, which is a Tamil newspaper. They took many, many photos, but they published only one or two photos.We really enjoyed the visit of snakes in our shool.

TANDAVANE VIDJAYEN 4ème3

our visit in Rajiv Gandhi veterinary college

We went to visit the RG veterinary college we saw cows and pigs and dogs etc... There were lots of animals.
They have labs and we enjoyed seeing the snake sand boa and we took lots of pictures.
In the college we saw a small anatomy museum.
And after that we returned to our school.

Lamartine Joseph 4ème2

The Press

The journalists took many photos of snakes when they have to get rid of their skin (shedding, mould) and also they climb threes.

JACOB SAGAYA MARIE
4e2

My conclusion

Snakes are not bad animals for humans or nature. They are really precious and amazing. There are so many humans who kill snakes. Snakes are scared of humans and others animals that's why they bite. And snakes are often hungry. They eat when they see small animals and insects too.

VIDAL Stéphane 4°2

snakes

Snakes are dangerous for us. They are cold-blooded. They can be viviparous, oviparous, ovoviviparous. There are many kinds of snakes, there are 2900 snakes species in the world and there are 230 in India and only 30 are dangerous.


DUCHER-Joseph 4°2

The press was here

The press came to take photos of snakes that visited our school. They were very numerous, about 10 to 15 photographers. We couldn'd take photos of snakes and the photographers were really disturbing us . We could ask questions to MR. VISHWA . We all came in the tamil News paper . The press came by 3 o' clock and they only went by 4 o' clock.They took many photos.


PRAMOTH Premkumar 4°2

Food

The snake who are in the forest eat animals like little snakes, insects, rats and frogs but other snakes eat milk and eggs and sometimes eat their eggs.

Lyrrisha, 4°2

What to do?

When you see a snake ?

When you see a snake: do not catch it or touch it. If you are bitten, do not panic and if it sees you moving quickly, it will think you are trying to beat it. Do not touch or kill it. Just keep an eye on it in to home or in the garden then and close it in a room and take your mobile phone and call the forest department and they'll come to take the snake .

RAMAMOURTY Jayanthi 4°2

Distribution of Snakes

Snakes live in lots of countries (India,Africa,United States,etc...). There are 2900 snake species in the world but only 270 are in India and only 30 are poisonous. In India, the most poisonous snake is the cobra. In Africa, the most poisonous snake is the rattlesnake. In The United States, the most poisonous snake is the King Cobra and the Kraït which is the Amazon forest.


Sababady Raja 4°2

Reproduction of the snake

Even if, all types of reproduction modes are used by snakes. All snakes use an internal fertilization. To reproduce most of the snakes meet in mid-sping. The male snakes use their tonues to detect pheromones of the fema. There will be a brief fight for the female snake among the male snakes. The male snake has two penises also called heipenses which is located under his tail. And the female has a cloaco. Most species lay eggs, though most snakes abandon their eggs shortly after laying them. But, a unique species like King cobra actually contructs a nest and stay in the area of hatchling after incubation the female King cobra deposit up to 20 to 40 eggs, she will stay with her eggs in every emergencies. When she feels that her eggs are going to hatch, she will leave the nest and find something to eat. So that she doesn't eat her babies.


Hema 4ème 2

FOOD

Certain snakes are in villas they eat eggs and milk. In the forest snakes eat little snakes, small insects, rats and frogs.

Christina 4°2

Shedding

Snakes shed when their skin is too small for them, and then it serve for removing parasites like mites and ticks.
when the snake shed the color of the skin changes. Moulting takes a long time in a snake life so before a moult the snake stops eating and goes to a safer place. And just before shedding the skin becomes dry. The old skin breaks near the mouth and the snake comes out helped by rubbing itself against a rought surface.

Cédric Michel
4°2

records

In the world the most poisonous snake is the king cobra and in India it is the kait.
In the world the longest and biggest is the anaconda and the smallest snake in India is The bralaminy worn snake .In India the fastest snake is the rat snake.

by Sinivassane kirtika 4e2

Reproduction of snakes

First of all, reproduction is to produce a new human being. Female snakes release phermones so that the male can know that it is the time to reproduce. When the female and the male meet, they reproduce with their sexual organes (male: hemipenis, female: cloaco). There are often fights between males to have the opportunity to reproduce. The strongest gets that opportunity.

Calaimady 4e2

Shedding

Snake skin isn't "flexible", that means that snakes grow up but their skin doesn't. So, they have to get rid of it, that is called: shedding.
Snakes get rid of their skin also to get rid of parasites, which is very intelligent !
But of course, when snakes get rid of their skin, it is replaced directly by another one bigger.

Eva Dojcinovic 4°2

In the press

There were lots of people in the SN1 classroom to see the snakes and to know about the different types of snakes. We touched the python, ratle snake etc... and we saw a cobra. It was terrifying to see it and the press take photos of the snake and the forest department officer had also come to explain about snakes.

FRANKLIN 4éme2

Vet school

We went to the veterinary college. That was an amazing experience.
We saw some white pigs, cows, and an amazing mini boa snakes.
It was not a poisonous snake. It looked the anakonda and the amazing room is the museum.
There was the full operation of animals. For me it was a fantastic college.

by Aroune 4e2

Snake species

The word snake comes from the Old English word: "Snaca".Snakes are cold blooded legless reptiles related to lizards. Snakes belong to the kingdom of Animalia, it's classified in order of Squamata and belong to the superfamily of Varanoidea. There are about 2900 species of snakes in the world, out of which 650 are venemous ones. The ten most deadly snakes are found in Australia. In India, there are 270 species of snakes, out of which 30 are the most poisonous ones. There are 3 varieties of snakes : Arborial: which climb trees, Natatorial:which can swim and Fussorial:which are ground dwelling snakes. Certain snake's venoms are also used as medicines, to save people. Such as : The Malayan Pit Viper's homotoxin venom can be used to threat stroke victims. The King Cobra's neurotoxin venom can be used to treat various forms of pain, cancers, autoimmune and neurological disorders. The Black Mamba's cardiotoxin venom can be used to treat cardiac contraction victims,...etc...etc. Snakes are not only dangeous reptiles, but its venom has many medical values.

By MOUTTOULINGAM Nirmala 4e2.

My class 4ème2

I'm a student of the Lycée Français. In the class we are 27. We have 9 teachers. The head-teacher is Mrs.Mathis, she is an English teacher. We have one teacher for each subject. We start normally at 8 o'clock and we finish at 5 o'clock but not on Monday. We have also an English options, the name is "classe Euro". We have class during 28 weeks.
Elisa 4ème2

Records

King cobra

The King cobra is the most poisonous snake in the world. They are found in warm regions of Africa, Australia and Asia. The king cobra is the largest venomous snake(12ft long).

Anaconda

The Anaconda is the largest and heavier snake in the world(32ft long).
The giant anaconda lives in tropical rivers of andes and in Trinidad, which has dark green with alternating oval black spots.

Python

The Python is the world's second longest snake(30 ft long). Pythons are found from western Africa to China,Australia and Pacific islands. They lay eggs depending on their size(15 to100 eggs)

Milk snake

A milk snake mimics the coloring of the poisonous coral snake to fool predators.

by MOUROUGUESSIN Yashwanth

Reproduction

The oviparous snakes lay eggs ,viviparous snakes give direct bith and eggs remain in the stomach.
the theet (1toot) solid deeth, guittered teeth and canaliged.
the enomous snake can live 10 to 40 years. They have no years but feel the vibrations.
they have 2 lungs and a heart and they have long fangs. finally they have long tail.
Posted by CAROLINE 4ème 3

Venomous

There are 2 varities of snakes
venomous : king cobra , cobra, viper and the most venomous is Russell's viper, king cobra
non venomous: pyton ,rat snake, sand boa ...
If a venomous snakes has bitten you: tie a towel around your arm or leg to stop the bood from circulating, then untie it every 10 min.
by Nazreen, 4ème3

all snakes food

All snakes are carnivorous, eating small animals, birds or insects. Snakes do not chew their food.
Snakes have very flexible lower jaws, the two halves of which are not rigidly attached, allowing them to open their mouths wide enough to swallow their prey whole, even if is larger in diameter their the snakes itself.Contrary to the popular myth, at no point do they "unginge" their jaws ( disarticulate their mandibular joints). After eating, snakes become torpid while the process of digestion takes place.
Kévin 4ème 3

My class

Hi! I am roman
Our class name's 4eme 3
In my class there are 27 students(16 boys and 11 girls).We don't have any uniforms.We have 13 subjects and they are French, English, Spanish, Tamil, maths, hitory, geography, art, music, technologie, sport, and Euro section.
We are all very helpful and friendly with each other.
Our class is the best class in the world.
I love my class. :)
Written by Roman Cora.

snake food

A boa eats mice, rabbits or chikens. Snakes want their food alive? They like to kill and eat it. All snakes are carnivorous and eat small animals, birds, insects and other invertebrates. In general a snake feeds on any creature. That is their habit. they may change their choice as per the season. If a prey is too small or big of them, they may not go for it.
Indhumathy 4ème3

What to do?

If you see a snake :
Don't move, don't scream, you should go back slowly, don't attack it, you shouldn't run and don't be exited .
If a snake has bitten you: you should tie a bandage around your arm to stop the blood from circulating. Then untie it every 10 minutes and go to the hospital.

Call the forest departement

By Rishi Saravanan 4ème3

Me and snakes

Have you ever touched a snake??? No? I will tell you how is it! So, at first it's creepy and cold because it's a cold blooded animal. If you ever see a snake or a little disturbing animal... Don't worry just call the forest departement: 04132204808.
If a snake has bitten you, first of all stay calm do not be frightened or the blood with the venon will go faster in your heart and you will die so there's nothing to worry about ^^...just do as I SAY : tie a towel around your arm or leg (it depends of where the snake bite is on the body ), to stop the blood from circulating then untie it every 10min !!!

arthur lys, 4°3

conclude

Hi! I am Deephak and I am going to conclude about the snakes.
Snakes usually don't have ears so so you can speak loudly when you are in front of a snake but they can smell the vibration and they got eyes to see us. Snakes are calm when they are in caves... but when they are under the sunlight they are angry. Snakes live in a dark place (ex:cave, forest...). All the snakes lay eggs but some of them eat their own eggs.

the vet school

The students of 9th grade have gone to a weterinary college in pondy. So we took the bus from the school on 14,december at 2p.m. Our sciences teacher and our English teacher were coming with us . We were going to visit the anotomies of animals and birds. After 45 minutes we reached the college. Mr.Vishva, a student of that college had invited us to his college. We walked for 2Km. First we went to visit the bull's family and also there were some buffalos. Then we visited the white pigs,t he mice and the rats. And we were going to see the goats, malabar and the sheep in their pen. The hens, the cocks and the chiks. MR.Vishva asked to us who wanted to see a baby snake. All of us wanted to see one .He took a baby red sand boa out of his pocket. It was red. Some of our class took it in their hands. Finally we went to the museum departement.And we reach our school.

Posted by KOWSALYA

My class 4ème3

I'm in 4ème3 , we're 27 in our class. Everyone says that our class is very curious to ask question and to touch the animals. This year we have 2 new students from France (at the beginning they had some diffilculties in English but after not they passed one semester). Normally the others are old students of the Lycée, so I think that they don't have any difficulty to read my article. If you want me to talk about our teachers I can just say that they are amazing.
Two weeks ago we met snakes with Vishva (a future veterinary). Everyone was interrested to touch those snakes except two or three girls who were afraid of snakes, I can say that I was one of those girls.
And 2 days ago, we went to a trip with the 4ème2 to meet other animals . the trip was just fabulous, we met some new animals. Ok, I think I've presented my class . Ok thanks!!

By Marie BUI 4ème 3

snakes and me

Snakes are very nice. I like snakes.
When I thouched it the filling was amazing. The skin of the snake was too cold, too hard and too soft. When I saw it for the first time I was scared but today I am not scared I want to toutch them again. I wanted to catch the snake like a dog but I can't because that was a big python.
if you see a snake don't be afraid, it will not be dangerous.

SELVAM Marie-José 4e3

What to do?

When you see a snake, DON'T MOVE. You will excite and scare the snake. Then you will call to the forest departement of your city. If the snake bites you, you will take a scarf and press in you hand and release it every 10min. Then go rapidly to hospital. If the poison is going in all in your hand the doctor will cut your hand. SO HURRY!
Baradane Covindassamy 4ème3

Records

The Anaconda is the biggest snake of the world, he weighs between 220 and 230 kg.

The Python reticular is the largest snake. He measures 9 meters.

The viper Aspic is one of the most venomous snake.

The smallest snake is an Elaps dorsalis, he measures 15 centimeters.

The black Mambo is the fastest snake, he can "run" at 11 km/h

The oldest snake is a Boa, he can live up to 40 years.

In California, we find a snake with two heads!

Venomous or not bites + first aid

How to recognize a venomous snake bite ?

If you see two big holes (see picture), it's a venomous snake bite.

What are the first aids in case of a venomous snake bite ?

1. First of all, call for emergency assistance. It is very crucial to get help quickly.
2. Immobilize the bitten area and be aware to keep it below the heart.
3. Wash the bite gently with soap and water.

If it's (really) impossible to get medical help within 30 minutes, then :

1. Wrap a bandage at about 5 to 10 cm above the snake bite to help to stop the poison's effect, but this should not stop the blood flow.
2. A suction device must be placed over the bite to suck up the snake's poison. This device can often be found in a first aid to snake bites box.

How to prevent accidents with snakes ?

You must leave snakes alone. Most accidents happen when people try to kill them or to get closer to them. Also, beware of tall grass. Be careful where you put your hands and your feet. Before picking up rocks or firewood, be aware not to be at a snake's striking distance. It is also recommended to wear thick leather boots and to remain in the hiking path. And, of course, be careful and alert when you climb rocks.

MAURY Arnaud 4e2

Mating

Reproduction of Snakes

Snakes find their partner during mating. They mate at the beginning of spring.

The female snakes sends signals which attrack the males.

When many ma

les come, there are fights. At the beginning they move nearer and they have to catch their " enemies" and they have to be on the back of the other snake.

The winner can mate with the female.

When they meet each other, the snakes move to be nearer, and the male crawls along the back on the female. If she is receptive, she is going to have seizures then she will raise her tail for the copulation. The copulation can take 45 minutes to an hour.

No snakes in Ireland?

Why Ireland Has No Snakes:
Legend has it that St. Patrick drove all the snakes from Ireland. Sometime back in the fifth century he stood on a hill, the story goes, and used a staff to herd the slithering creatures into the sea, banishing them for eternity. It's true, aside from zoos and pets, there are no snakes on the emerald isle. In fact, there never were any snakes in Ireland. This state of affairs probably has more to do with the vagaries of geography than any neat tricks performed by St. Patty.

If you want to read more click on the green snake!

My class, 4°2.

We are the 4°2 of the Lycée Français of Pondy. This year, we had the rare privilege of welcoming Mr. Vishva Chaitanya with ... his snakes ! He's an Indian vetenary doctor and especially a snake specialist. There were a python (which was pretty big and heavy : I think it had 15 cm of diameter and it was about 2 meters long), two cobras (one small but very dangerous, and one tall of about one meter and a half), and other small snakes. The python was so heavy that it needed three men to lift it. And what's more, we could touch the python !

MAURY Arnaud 4ème2

A great experience

It was a great experience to see snakes at school! I learned a lot about it. I liked it when I had to touch the snake, it was the first time and it did it to me a strange sensation.
They told us, in India there are 270 differents specise of snakes in India in out of which 60 are venomous. Some look like the same but some can be very dangerous and oters nornal.
They also told us how they can reproduce andwhat they eat.

November 18th, great visitors at the lycée!

Volunteers needed!

We need volunteers to write about this terrible experience that took place at lycée français on nov. 18th, 2010.

Who is volunteering?

How are snakes classified?

I invite you to follow the link : http://www.guyane-guide.com/dossiers/classification%20serpents.htm to know how snakes are scientifically classified. They are classified by the existence and the position of the fang (crochet à venin) in the mouth. There are four groups of snakes:
- First, snakes without any fangs : they don't bite! ex: boa constrictor (but...not so friendly!), grass snake (couleuvre).
- The three other groups are classified by the position of the fang in the mouth. The further the fang is in the back of the mouth, the more dangerous the bite of the snake is.
Just a little question : Could you tell me to which group snakes belong?

Ready? Go!

Voilà, this is the first appearance of our favourite vet this year. It was on Monday, 25th October, 2010 in room 28.

He came and spoke to us about birds. We talked about the most common birds we have in Pondicherry and then he presented a small but endangered species: the common sparrow which used to nest in our thatched or tiled roofs but which cannot find refuge anymore anywhere since we have changed the way we build our houses.

He left and gave us some homework to do for next time. We have to count the sparrows in our gardens! Tough job. Good luck!

Let's go!

It is always nice to have plans for the year ahead. So Mr Giroux and I have decided on a new project for the year 2010. It should be the year of the snake (sorry for all the girls, but Mr. Giroux and Mr. Shaitanya are both snake specialists!). We can probably figure out where to go on excursions to observe some snakes, do some research and then write about our adventures on the blog.
Mrs Mathis (English teacher)

Au revoir...

Au revoir à tous et bonnes vacances!
Je n'oublierai pas cette longue nuit passée à rechercher des traces de tortues!

Mme POISSEL

Thanks giving Message

Before finishing this year, I've to thank few people who made me happy this year, those people are Mr Great Grand Genius Vishva Chaitanya, our brainy english teacher Mme Mathis, our science teacher Mme Poissel, our classmates and this blog viewers. I've thanked this people so I cannot be disturbed in my vacations because i haven't thank you.

Thanks for ALL

ESPECIALLY FOR YOU

I really love this sea turtle project

I really enjoyed this projoct because we walked at night

we so enjoyed ourselves on this beach.

so we are so sad because we didn't see a sea turtles.
and i want to thank the great Mme.Mathis and Mme.Poisell

ok bye guys........

Lamartine joseph 4°2

This experience was good because the parents were there and even if we didn't see any sea turtles we enjoyed to walked in the moonlight on the beach it was so exciting to search turtles.
Lucas Caudron 4°2

My golden moments!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think this was my best year!!!!!!
I loved very much the project we have done this year, the lessons...
The time we spent in the night walk and the conference. I thank very much the parents who spent their time to guide us and I thank very much Mr. Chaitanya to teach us everythink about the seaturtles. A very special thanks to our teacher Mme Mathis to give us an extraordinary projet.
I thank also our science teacher Mme Poissel who will unfortunately leave us this year!
We will miss you very much !!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVED VERY MUCH THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think my next year will be as good as it.

The year i loved so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010 is the year i loved so much!!!!
i loved so much the porject on sea turtles. I really enjoied the conference and very very much our night walk in the beach. I thank Mme.Mathis, Mr.Chaitania and the parents who came with us to the night walk.And also Mme.Poissel our science teacher who live this year. I very enjoied my 4ème and i never forget this year and my friends in this class.

BYE

conclusion from viknesh, vicknèche

This project was an amasing project and thanks to our parents, Vet.vishwa, Mrs. mathis, Mrs. poissel . Now on this moment i will thanks to all my friends to work in this project and sait good buy to our blog and for Mrs. Poissel because she goes to France.

The end of the project

It is over, after a trimester of research even if it was fun. I had a great time studying about the sea turtles, I learned a lot about their nutrition, their habitat and the threats they faced, all of this with the help of our vet Vishva. It's just then I realized how hard was their lives. I would like to thank my teachers, Mme Mathis and Mme Poissel who had the idea to start a project about the sea turtles. I can't believe it's over, the time we took to learn about them was quiet short. Hope others will do it again, and I hope other students had as much fun as I had. A big thanks also for the parents who helped us in the night walk and for the students who contributed to this blog.

RAZACK Ismaïl, 4ème2

One night at the beach!

I really enjoyed this sea turtle's projet. It was very interesting and I have never spent so many hours at night on the beach .
Anitha

We've seen a sea snake!

The sea turtles are in danger !
During the night my class walked on the beach with 2 vets and some parents from 11.pm to 5.am but we haven't found one sea turtle.
But we have found a snake and a jellyfish.
We saved all the photos in the blog.

ThE NiGhT WaLk

It was a tragic night we had to go hunt sea turtles. We walked for many hours but we had nearly no chance of survival. We seperated into two groups, one would stay and keep an eye on the bus and the other one started the hunt and after a few hours the groups exchanged...

But we had fun I Would love to do it again!!!

FlOrIaN 4eme3

Good luck to the next class!

I think it was a very good project
I love animals so i really enjoyed it.
I learned a lot about the sea turtles during the conference so I am very happy.
When i went to the beach during the night with my friends, i hoped to see a sea turtle but unfortunatly we didn't see any.
Yet we saw a sea snake annd some jellyfish...
Well Good Luck to the next class...

Bascarane Karan

Let's do it again next year!

It was a very good project because first we knew few facts about the sea turtles. A vet came to our school and we had a conference which was very interesting. We also had a night walk but unfortunatly we didn't see any turtle. We enjoyed ourselves a lot while doing this project. But during the night walk we saw jellyfish, big fish, a snake and crabs. It was also interesting because we knew how to protect them. And I would like to do such a project next year.

Shanbhag Jannhavi 4ème3

Olive Ridley in Pondicherry

So we didn't do it!



Probably because we were too noisy...



But our vet did it! Vishva found one nesting turlte.



So you can tell your friends that Olive Ridley turtles do nest on the beaches of Pondicherry!
Ping-pong balls, aren't they!

Measures of protection

When I was like ... 10, I went to Sri-lanka with my parents and brother. And we went to a kind of zoo for turtles. There was eveything you can imagine about turtles! Even an albinos one! There were baby turtles whose eggs had been bought from fishermen for ... 5 roupies! And after hatching they let them grow up 5 days in ponds before releasing them. Like that they have more chances to survive in the ocean, they become not bigger but, their shells become harder and resist to others predators' bites (most of them).

Sarane Mathis 4eme1

In the bus, just before the nightwalk.

We found jellyfish while walking on the beach at night, but not turtles !

Photos of our nightwalk.

Food habits.

The sea turtles are omnivore. One of the favorite dishes of turtles is Crabs, shrimps, spiny lobsters of rock and jellyfish. There is a surprising lack of data on the food habits of the Olive Ridley.

JAYAPRIYA,DURGA 42

The protective measure of sea turtles in India and Pondicherry

Hunters collect sea turtles from the wild and sell them to middlemen who sell them to smugglers. The use of maritime routes has increased as a means of getting these animals because security at airports have made it more difficult to sneak out by air . Smugglers out of the country usually sell them in Bangkok or Malaysia . Unfortunately these turtles are abundant in the short term and can often survive for at least 15 days without food which the end easier for traffickers of animal.

Adeline et Raghapriya 4°3

Night walk at the beach

We had a night walk at the beach on 18/03. It was a wednesday night. We went with Mme Mathis, Mme Poissel, two vets and some parents to Aryankupam beach. We were two classes who went together. It was the class of 4°2 and 4°3. We were divided in two groups and we walked along the beach. We saw jellyfishes, crabs, a snake and some plants and we asked questions to the two vets. We took some photos. We enjoyed ourselves a lot. We took a little bit of rest and we played in the water. We waited till 4h30 but we couldn't see the turtle. We were very disappointed. And we were back at 5h.

Jannhavi and Fouzia

THREATS OF THE SEA TURTLES ALL OVER THE WORLD

There are many kinds of threats for the sea turtles like:
-the global warming which can cause an extinction of males
-the bright pollution which can cause death to the sea turtles
-the chemical pollution which scientists do on some parts of their body for their research
-the degradation of housing environment for the sea turtles
-the poachers or the predators who capture and kill to eat them
-the chemical pollution which provokes a sickness like fibropapillomate

Anitha and Vaishali 4éme3

Incubation and eclosion of the eggs of the turtle Olive Ridley

The turtle Olive Ridley is one of the smallest species of turtles. It has this name because of the colour of its carapace. The Olive Ridleys lay their eggs annually we call this phenomenon: "arribadas". This phenomenon relies on the lunar cycle . Incubation is the periode of time during which the embryo developpes itself till the hatching. The repectiles have to use different techniques then the other animals or birds to lay their eggs.

Santhy and Daniella

dangers for sea turtles in Tamilnadu and Pondicherry

In tamilnadu and in Pondicherry, sea turtles are in danger because of fishermen who catch them with their nets.
Pollution can kill sea turtles.
Green turtles and Olive Ridleys forage in the Gulf palk bay waters.
this is considerable concern about nesting habitats and feeding areas in Tamilnadu as an increasing number of dead turtles are found every year along the coast.
Sea turtles are very disturbed by animals and humans.
The Tsunami that struck the coast in december 2004 left lots of dead seaturtles.

by Samantha and Swatiga

Measure Protection of the turtle Olive Ridley

In the world, there are many dangers to the turtle Olive Ridley.
There are disruption of there habitat, and there are also threaten of construction of harbour and fishing. Lots of eggs was also threat by insects. There are many hunting and harvesting by the humain
By the pollution the turtle are trap in rope and they drown.
There aren't many sea turtle because the turtles don't reach the age of reproduction that is between 10 and 20 years.

Vasenthy and Arthy

Sea turtles food

Sea turtles are all omnivorus with trends more marked towards vegetables or meat based food. The sea Turtle eats mainly plants as seaweeds. It eats also jellyfishes, shrimps, small fishes, mollusks and invertebrates. Hatchlings eat jellyfishes, crabs, towelings and snails.

The sea turtle have to store a lot of energy for their migrations and their heavyweights. For that reason, the food plays a direct role on their fertility.

It was demonstrated by confirming the numbers of heavyweights(layings,eggs) and by warming the water and by supplying them more vegetation.

Mohamed Fouzia and Shanbhag Jannhavi 4°3

LAYING EGGS

In India, the laying season is from December to March.

The turtles 45kg and measure 70cm.
Maturity begins between 7 to 9 years .
The laying spend between 20 to 40 minutes .
She lays between 30 to 170 eggs.
In the season, they lay 1 to 3 times in an interval of 17 to 20 days.
The eggs measure 40 mm and they are in deep of the nest between 50 to 60 cm but it depends of the temperature of the ground.

Solenn et Sivapriya 4°3

threats of sea turtles

In the past, sea turtles were very important but today they are in danger of extinction because of many threats like:
-Fishing turtles for meat, greace and shell.
-Collecting eggs ; picking up and replacing eggs in nurseries
-Pollution of lights
-Filling the shore with big stones.
-The accumalation of metal in the turtle's organism

Do not throw food, carry bags in the sea
Please Protect sea turtles and their eggs

Lamartine Joseph, Manicame Sivasankari

My class 4ème 2

We are the 4ème 2 students, we are very interested to study about seaturtles. With the help of Mme Mathis, our English teacher and Mme Poissel, our biology teacher we'v learnt about the seaturtles. We had a meeting last month with Mr. Vishva Chaitanya who is studying the seaturtles. He told us about the differents species of turtles, where they live, where they nest... It was very helpful for us.
Our class is a special class, we talk more than we study, it is not our fault, it is due to our scholar curriculum, it is not really very interesting. But when our teachers told us about the seaturtle project, we were excited, we wanted to study about them. Hope we will learn more about them.

Thank you for reading this article.

Radja, Ismaïl 4ème2

Night walk

The 17 march, wednesday night the class of 4ème2 and 4ème3 went to the beach of Virrampatinam to see sea turtles nesting. We went there at 11 with Mrs Poissel, Mrs Mathis, Mr. Chaitanya and his student and some parents. We walked more than 6km in two groups. Mme.Mathis's group caught a poisonous snake. We saw fishermen village. We saw dead fish and jellyfish and we also saw lots of crabs. We came back to the school at 5 o'clock.

We didnt see any sea turtles but we enjoyed our trip.
Bernadette

Location of sea turtles in India

what are the type of turtles in India?

- Olive Ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea)
- Green turtles (Chelonia mydas)
- Hawksbill tutles (Eretmochelys imbricata)
- turtles (Caretta caretta) Loggerhead
- Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea)

where are they located? where do they lay their eggs?


They are located very often close to madras and even sometimes pondicherry!
Yes that's right there are turles that come to lay there eggs in pondicherry, especialy the olive ridleys what a coincidence haha.
But bombay doesn't take very good care of them .
Well if we see one a day we will definetly protect its eggs.
Issa and ashiq.

The conference on 27/01/2010

The conference on 27/01/2010, at 11 to 12 pm was the 1st meeting between the 4ème 2 and 3 students, Mme Poissel the science professor, Mme Mathis the English professor, M Spielmann the C.P.E and the 3rd year veterinary student Vishva coming from the Mahatma Gandhi Medical College of Pondicherry, to speak to us about the sea turtles species, especially the Olive Ridley which is the most commonly found kind of sea turtles in Pondicherry. The conference was taking in place in the huge gymnastic room of our school, and of course it was so hot ! We saw cameras during that conference but we're sorry, we can't find any photos of the conference to put in this article. The veterinary student, Vishva gave us lots of informations and facts about the sea turtles like their scientific name and classes, their anatomy, population, extinction, and of course their predators like Human, and a lot more. He was speaking to us with a microphone and showing us pictures with a projector and a white screen, the images were hard to look because of the sunlight ! After his speech; we asked him lots of questions; he answered to us very confidently.
Then, suddenly, the school bell rang, the conference was finished, and..... It was lunch time !!!!

_ article by Aswin and Maghesh, 4ème 2 students

Laying eggs of a sea tutle

The female sea turtles are faster in the sea but they are very slow when they come ashore. The male sea turtles never come out from the sea. Only females come to the surface to lay eggs in the night. They lurk in the beach to find a place where they will do their nest. They dig in the sand a hole of 50 to 60 cm depth with their fore flippers. They lay from 50 to 200 eggs which look like golf balls. When the egg is layed the female sea turtle covers the eggs with sand. And then they remove the traces of the nest with their fins.
The nesting can take between 1 and 3 hours, the laying can be done from 20 to 40 minutes. When the laying is completed the sea turtles go back to the sea. But some turtles are disoriented and they die.

Menace des tortues marine à Pondicherry Tamilnadu

La population des tortues de mer semble avoir été autrefois très dense et importante. Aujourd'hui ces tortues sont très dérangées et menacées

Les tortues de mer sont péchées au chalut, pour leur viande, graisse et carapace.
Pour protéger les oeufs de tortue, il sont ramassés et replacés dans des nurseries. Ce n'est pas la meilleur solution, ils sont toujours récoltés par les populations côtières.
Les déchets marins flottants sont aussi un danger qui provoque des occlusions digestives ou un faux sentiment de satiété.
L'accumulation des métaux dans leur organisme peut avoir un rôle dans la propagation de maladies.
L'empilage de grosses pierres sur le littoral fait qu'elles ne peuvent plus pondre.

La pollution lumineuse est une autre cause de mortalité.

Threats of sea turtles at Pondicherry,Tamilnadu

In the past, turtles were very dense and important but today they are in danger of extinction ,in many threats like:
-Fishing turtles for meat,greace and shell.
-Colecting eggs ; picking up and replace eggs in nurseries
-Pollution of lights
-Filing the shore with big stones.
-The accumalation of metals in turtle's organisme

Do not throw food,carry bags in the sea

Please Protect sea turtles and their eggs