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A tumor-causing virus called fibropapilloma has recently become a
growing threat to green sea turtles throughout the tropics, but to Hawaiian green sea turtles
especially. The fibropapilloma virus causes tumors to grow on the eyes, neck, flippers, mouth
and internally. These tumors can grow quite large, limiting the turtle’s ability to swim, eat, or
breathe, all of which can ultimately lead to death. Neither the cause nor cure is known yet,
further studies must be done before it is too late. It is currently estimated that there are only a
few hundred females nesting in the French Frigate Shoals annually. Poaching, habitat
degradation, and disease, if ignored, could lead to the further decline of the green sea turtles.
A combined effort is needed to learn more about the green sea turtles and to enforce
the laws currently protecting them. Federal agencies such as the National Marine Fisheries Administration and local organizations including Sea Life Park and the Maui Ocean Center
are working to educate the public about Hawaii’s honu.

Cool frog. Leptodactylus?? (the third picture is from a separate sighting but I'm including it because its a dorsal view and I'm assuming it was the same species which I encountered several times in this place)

The caterpillars are themselves extremely cryptic, blending in against the bark of trees, where the larvae commonly aggregate. The larvae, like most hemileucines, are covered with urticating hairs, but these caterpillars possess a uniquely potent anticoagulant venom.(Wikipedia)

I think harvestment are kind of freaky. There were lots out on the forest floor of Strawberry Canyon this night. This one was especially large, with a body size of almost 1 cm! Well, maybe 8 mm, but big.