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Post Aruba emits its stamp series ‘Marine Life’

On a collaboration with Aruba National Park Foundation

On June 8, 2021, which is the Flamingo Tongue snail
World Oceans Day, Post (Cyphoma Gibbosum)
Aruba N.V. emits its stamp come to life, appearing
series ‘Marine Life’. This almost to smile. Aruba, The
emission was done in col- One Happy Island, where
laboration with Aruba Na- even the Flamingo Tongues
tional Park Foundation smile!
through a nature photog-
raphy competition held in Creature description: Fla-
December 2021. mingo tongue snail
The flamingo tongue snail
This stamp emission is ac- is a species of small but
companied by a First Day brightly colored sea snail,
Cover envelope that was that live in the tropical wa-
designed by Mr. Armando ters of the western Atlantic
Goedgedrag. Ocean, in the Caribbean
Sea, the Gulf of Mexico,
Description of the stamps: and off the Lesser Antilles.
Title: Green sea turtle; a lo- The flamingo tongue snail
cal favorite feeds by browsing on the
At Arashi Reef, Aruba by living tissues of the soft cor-
photographer: Kanter Con- als on which it lives. Adult fe-
standse males attach eggs to coral
which they have recently
Photographer Caption: fed upon. After roughly 10
Locally turtles are prob- days, the larvae hatch.
ably the most popular find
for divers and snorkelers. Alive, the snail appears
This sea turtle was resting bright orange-yellow in
in a coral bed on a known because of the low nutri- reach maturity may live to caught in fishing nets. In ad- color with black markings.
feeding ground for turtles; tional value of their diet. 90 years in the wild. dition, real estate develop- However, these colors are
Arashi Reef. The key to ap- Body fat turns green be- ment often causes habitat not in the shell, but are only
proaching a turtle without cause of the consumed It is listed as endangered loss by eliminating nesting due to live mantle tissue
disturbing it is a slow and vegetation. Their serrated by the IUCN and CITES and beaches. which usually covers the
low approach, breathing jaw helps them chew al- is protected from exploita- shell. The mantle flaps can
out slowly not to create gae and sea grasses. Most tion in most countries. It is Title: "Face" of a Flamingo be retracted, exposing the
any noise and minimiz- adult sea turtles are strictly illegal to collect, harm, or tongue shell, but this usually hap-
ing movement. The turtle herbivorous. kill them. In addition, many At Arashi Reef, Aruba by pens only when the animal
is framed with her natural countries have laws and or- photographer: Vasco v. is attacked.
protection surrounding her, Like other sea turtles, green dinances to protect nesting Baselli This species used to be
and the coral on top of her sea turtles migrate long areas. However, turtles are common, but it has be-
like a symbolic crown to her distances between feed- still in danger due to human Photographer Caption: come rather uncommon
beauty. ing grounds and hatching activity. In some countries, It never ceases to amaze in heavily visited areas be-
beaches. Females crawl turtles and their eggs are me how much beauty can cause of over collecting by
Creature description: out on beaches, dig nests, still hunted for food. be discovered when clos- snorkelers and scuba div-
Green sea turtle and lay eggs during the Pollution indirectly harms ing in on the tiniest details ers, who make the mistake
The green sea turtle live night. Later, hatchlings turtles at both popula- of the underwater world. of thinking that the bright
throughout tropical and emerge, and scramble tion and individual scales. In this super macro image, colors are in the shell of the
subtropical seas around into the water. Those that Many turtles die after being the details of the "face" of animal.q
the world, with two distinct
populations in the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans, but it
is also found in the Indian
Ocean. Globally, the larg-
est populations of sea tur-
tles are in the Great Barrier
Reef in Australia, and the
Caribbean Sea.

The diet of green turtles
changes with age. Juve-
niles are carnivorous, but as
they mature they become
omnivorous. Young sea tur-
tles eat fish eggs, mollusks,
jellyfish, small invertebrates,
worms, sponges, algae,
and crustaceans.
Green sea turtles have a
relatively slow growth rate