Episode 50. Ryan and Tom Converse

Episode 50! Ryan and Tom catch up and talk about the CT house bill that was introduced regarding PROHIBITING BREEDING OF ALL ANIMALS IN THE STATE, behavior that can make us (hobbyists) look bad and touch a bit on tortoise eggs! Check it out! Ryan: IG: @RAD_Reptiles82 YT: @Rad_reptiles Rad-reptiles.com  Tom IG: @twoturtletom YT: @twoturtletom Intro Music: Mr. Smith - Poor Man’s Groove Outro Music: tomorrow-is-today - 5282

Episode 49! Friend Ralph Till joins us once again to talk about the Kleinmanni Assurance Project, a privately established and run studbook aimed at maintaining healthy Egyptian Tortoises for the foreseeable future. As always we have a great conversation with Ralph and encourage you to look into the project! Link Below! https://www.kleinmanniassuranceproject.com/ Ryan: IG: @RAD_Reptiles82 YT: @Rad_reptiles Rad-reptiles.com  Tom IG: @twoturtletom YT: @twoturtletom Intro Music: Mr. Smith - Poor Man’s Groove Outro Music: tomorrow-is-today - 5282

Episode 48! Ryan and Tom catch up after Christmas and talk about a lot of turtle news! See below for the articles we mentioned! We hope you all had and are having a wonderful Holiday Season! Box Turtle Smuggler Sentence New Subspecies! Repatriated Pyxis and radiata! Snapping Turtle Listing Proposal Ryan: IG: @RAD_Reptiles82 YT: @Rad_reptiles Rad-reptiles.com  Tom IG: @twoturtletom YT: @twoturtletom Intro Music: Mr. Smith - Poor Man’s Groove Outro Music: tomorrow-is-today - 5282

Episode 47! Ryan and Tom catch up after Thanksgiving and talk about a variety of subjects, including the results of the first LTT survey! Listen up! Ryan: IG: @RAD_Reptiles82 YT: @Rad_reptiles Rad-reptiles.com  Tom IG: @twoturtletom YT: @twoturtletom Intro Music: Mr. Smith - Poor Man’s Groove Outro Music: tomorrow-is-today - 5282

Episode 46! Dr. Zach Bell is with Two Turtle Tom and I as we talk about the Ryuku Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle of Okinawa! Dr. Bell helped to establish the Okinawa Kame Center in Okinawa, Japan to protect and conserve this wonderful turtle species that even glows blue! You have to listen to this one! https://www.okinawa-kame.org/en-home https://www.instagram.com/okinawakamecentre/# IG: @okinawakamecentre  Ryan: IG: @RAD_Reptiles82 YT: @Rad_reptiles Rad-reptiles.com  Tom IG: @twoturtletom YT: @twoturtletom Intro Music: Mr. Smith - Poor Man’s Groove Outro Music: tomorrow-is-today - 5282

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Episode 45! Chris Lechowicz joins the pod to talk about what turtles do after a hurricane impacts their habitat. Chris has first hand experience from his work on Sanibel Island with the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation in Southwest Florida and offers some great insight! So download/stream and give this episode a listen! Ryan: IG: @RAD_Reptiles82 YT: @Rad_reptiles Rad-reptiles.com  Tom IG: @twoturtletom YT: @twoturtletom Intro Music: Mr. Smith - Poor Man’s Groove Outro Music: tomorrow-is-today - 5282

Episode 44! Ryan and Tom catch up and talk about a several items in the news that can affect keepers. Box Turtle Poaching, the Animal Welfare Act and the Diamondback Terrapin’s petition for federal listing are all discussed in this episode of Let’s Talk Turtles. Ryan: IG: @RAD_Reptiles82 YT: @Rad_reptiles Rad-reptiles.com  Tom IG: @twoturtletom YT: @twoturtletom Intro Music: Mr. Smith - Poor Man’s Groove Outro Music: tomorrow-is-today - 5282

Episode 43! Ryan and Tom welcome Raul Gonzalez to the podcast! We talk about keeping animals outside, moving long distances with animals and, bog turtles and much more. Tune in and catch up with the three of us as we Talk Turtles! Ryan: IG: @RAD_Reptiles82 YT: @Rad_reptiles Rad-reptiles.com  Tom IG: @twoturtletom YT: @twoturtletom Intro Music: Mr. Smith - Poor Man’s Groove Outro Music: tomorrow-is-today - 5282

Episode 42! Ryan and Tom are joined by Ashley Ortega, who has been managing the AZA Studbook and is the AZA SSP Coordinator for Galapagos Tortoises! This episode is FILLED with giant tortoise talk. Ashley was amazing and I’m excited for folks to listen, so please LISTEN!! Ryan: IG: @RAD_Reptiles82 YT: @Rad_reptiles Rad-reptiles.com  Tom IG: @twoturtletom YT: @twoturtletom Intro Music: Mr. Smith - Poor Man’s Groove Outro Music: tomorrow-is-today - 5282