Manjula goes blogging...

It was with a twinge of sadness that I read recently that Satish Bhaskar, one of the pioneers of sea turtle work in India, had retired from the sea turtle scene. He was a field researcher extraordinaire - his daring exploits and his ability to take on and survive the toughest field conditions in the remotest areas just to collect more data on his sea turtles gave much to admire about the man. I don’t think any photo sums him up better than this one - here he is, the daredevil, happy as a lark, in the Andaman Islands, with live, highly venomous sea snakes, Laticauda colubrina, wrapped around his neck. Satish just wanted to prove that these amphibious sea snakes are quite sluggish and reluctant to bite when they emerge on land!