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The Sandy Turtle

The Sandy Turtle. BY: Bailee Monson, Aubrey Johnson, Mckayla Jackson, Chantal Wahlquist. Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles. This is the type of turtle we are going to be altering so that it will be able to blend into the sand better.

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The Sandy Turtle

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  1. The Sandy Turtle BY: Bailee Monson, Aubrey Johnson, Mckayla Jackson, Chantal Wahlquist

  2. Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles • This is the type of turtle we are going to be altering so that it will be able to blend into the sand better. • This sea turtle is endangered, so in order to help save them we’ve decided to genetically alter there color to be more sandy. • We’re taking the color gene and mixing it with an Ibex Lizard.

  3. Ibex Lizard • The ibex lizard is a sandy colored lizard that burrows into the sand. • We chose this lizard because of it’s color • We’ll extract the color gene from the lizard and put it into the turtle.

  4. The Mixing of the Genes • We’ll take the color gene from the lizard and insert it into the turtle eggs. • When they hatch we hope that they will turn out to be a sandy brown • When they hatch we’ll take a male and female from the sandy brown bunch, and try breeding them to see what the product is.

  5. Similar products • Fluorescent Monkeys • GloFish • Neither of these products have put back into their environment, therefore they do not affect it

  6. Environment • Neritic habitats • Typically contain muddy or sandy bottoms • Mostly in the Gulf of Mexico and U.S Atlantic Seaboard • Atlantic Ocean • There is strong evidence that suggests babies go through an open ocean developmental stage that can last up to 2 years

  7. Effects on the Environment • Predators who eat the turtle will have a harder time because the turtles will be camouflaged • Animals like raccoons, seagulls and crabs who eat baby turtles • This will hopefully allow more turtles to live • However this could cause a problem considering nesting areas are already depleting and there will be more need for them

  8. Ethicist- Legal Problems • The issue of patenting living animals has been argued for sometime. • Many want to be able to create, reproduce and sell genetically altered animal. • Many animals that have had their color altered have not been sold but only used for research and scientific inventions.

  9. Legal Issues Researchers implanted green fluorescent protein into pigs. Seen above in ordinary light, one pig appears yellowish. Under ultraviolet light, the pigs glow green. • Many of the known experiment that include genetically altered animals all only used for research and not for retail sale. • Many places are restriction scientists from producing more of a genetically altered animal. • We would have to go and get a permit to test and produce the brown sea turtles.

  10. Florescent Monkeys When animals are genetically manipulated there can be major affects, that not only concern the animal but other animals involved. This is a monkey had a virus put into it that made it glow. Because it glows scientists can study the affects and maybe find out how to cure the virus from viewing the monkey.

  11. Marketing Expert Sandy Turtles Bailee Monson

  12. Survey • When asked what their views on the new species of sea turtles were we got:

  13. Results

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