Turtle
“In a very real way, [the innate intelligence of turtles] is like having the minds of the last million generations whispering over your shoulder into your ear for your benefit.”
— Natasha Nowick, President of Turtle Rescue League
TURTLE
Decolonizing the World in Turtle Time
Turtles* date back an incredible 230 million years to a time before the dinosaurs, before most mammals, and before birds. Before there were even continents. Their evolutionary history goes so far back, in fact, that we could almost begin their story with these three words:
TURTLE
What a Turtle Knows
Natasha Nowick, President and co-founder of Turtle Rescue League in Massachusetts, has 16 years of experience rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing these amazing ancient reptiles. It’s surprising to learn that injured turtles can often recover to a life in the wild if given proper care and time to heal, something her organization excels at.
TURTLE
Insatiable
It was the age of gluttony, when just the act of eating turtle soup was a statement of social superiority, feeding the voracious appetite for status on both sides of the Atlantic. A schooner had just docked at New York Harbor.