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Hi,
This video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuRwHg_kzh4&feature=youtu.be first came to me in 1990 from Harold Carty, the person who was the topic in Chelonian History II.
See the YouTube tag line for the source of the video.
Even though in 'turtle years' this was not so long ago, it was the first video where I saw of some of these species, now more common in the higher end of the chelonian trade.
Though the idea now of capturing things like this in a video format seems so common place today with everyone carrying video recorders around as handheld devices (cell phones), this was some big deal stuff to get those 20+ years ago.
It later lead me to the same market to see for myself these animals. I got there in 2001. That market had been shut down for the most part, and seeing the rare animals was then under the cover of night and weird small rooms underground inside large family compounds.
If you all have specific questions I'll answer as best can. Later under this same subject thread I will post the much more hair raising video shoot by McCord.
Will
This video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuRwHg_kzh4&feature=youtu.be first came to me in 1990 from Harold Carty, the person who was the topic in Chelonian History II.
See the YouTube tag line for the source of the video.
Even though in 'turtle years' this was not so long ago, it was the first video where I saw of some of these species, now more common in the higher end of the chelonian trade.
Though the idea now of capturing things like this in a video format seems so common place today with everyone carrying video recorders around as handheld devices (cell phones), this was some big deal stuff to get those 20+ years ago.
It later lead me to the same market to see for myself these animals. I got there in 2001. That market had been shut down for the most part, and seeing the rare animals was then under the cover of night and weird small rooms underground inside large family compounds.
If you all have specific questions I'll answer as best can. Later under this same subject thread I will post the much more hair raising video shoot by McCord.
Will