Updated Thursday, April 2: NC State Parks status during COVID-19 pandemic
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Ask a Ranger: Wave the Loggerhead's 50th Birthday Bash
8801 Glenwood Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27617
919-571-4170
william.umstead@ncparks.gov
GPS: 35.8905, -78.7502
8801 Glenwood Ave. entrance
- November to February:
7:00am to 6:00pm
- March to April:
7:00am to 8:00pm
- May to August:
7:00am to 9:00pm
- September to October:
7:00am to 8:00pm
- Closed Christmas Day
The gate at Crabtree Creek opens at 7 a.m. daily as part of a pilot program to allow early access to the trails system.
2100 N. Harrison Ave. entrance
- November to February:
8:00am to 6:00pm
- March to April:
8:00am to 8:00pm
- May to August:
8:00am to 9:00pm
- September to October:
8:00am to 8:00pm
- Closed Christmas Day
VISITOR CENTER:
- 9:00am to 5:00pm daily
- Closed Christmas Day
EXHIBIT HALL inside visitor center:
- 9:00am to 4:30pm
- Closed Christmas Day
Tent and trailer family campground open
April 1 to October 31
- April:
7:00am to 9:00pm
- May to August:
7:00am to 10:00pm
- September to October:
7:00am to 9:00pm
- Closed Christmas Day
Campers: Please note that once the campground gates close, they are locked until the park reopens the following day. There will be no entry or exit permitted, except for law enforcement or medical emergencies.
Ask a Ranger: Wave the Loggerhead's 50th Birthday Bash
Click the player above to listen to the episode. Read below to learn about the terminology used in the podcast and scroll further down to see photos of the turtles.
Turtle Podcast Terminology
On this episode of Ask a Ranger podcast, Ranger Crystal and Ranger Jess talk to a number of different turtle species native to North Carolina (plus, Shirley the alligator snapping turtle, who is from further south). The rangers use some words that may be confusing, so let's break it down here:
Plastron: the bottom shell of the turtle
Carapace: the upper shell of the turtle
Beak: the hard outer covering of their jaw or their mouth
Biome: a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat
Ectothermic: cold-blooded
Brumation: the hibernation-like state that cold-blooded animals utilize during the very cold weather
Terrapene: the genus box turtles fall under
Ecosystem: a community of living organisms and non-living components such as air, water, minerals and soil
Barnacles: a marine crustacean with an outer shell that will attach itself permanently to different types of surfaces (i.e. piers, boats, loggerhead sea turtle shells)
A-frames: a wave shaped like a peak that breaks both left and right, equally
Meet the Ask a Ranger Podcast Turtles
Terrance, the box turtle
Terrapene carolina carolina, J. Phillips
Snooty, the eastern common snapping turtle
Chelydra serpentina, K. Bischof
Tolba, the yellow-bellied slider
Trachemys scripta scripta, J. Brown
Mikah, the musk turtle
Sternotherus odoratus, J. Wyche
Shirley, the alligator snapping turtle
Macrochelys temminckii, Courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wave, the loggerhead sea turtle
Caretta caretta, R. Newman
About the Ask a Ranger Podcast
Ranger Crystal and Ranger Jess host the North Carolina State Parks Ask a Ranger Podcast series.
Email them at askaranger@ncparks.gov.
For a full list of episodes, visit our BuzzSprout page.
Click here to subscribe to the podcast with Apple iTunes.
Click here to subscribe to the podcast with RSS feed.
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