Global Environmental Change - Ryan Abello

  Protecting The Malaysian Giant Turtle The Malaysian Giant Turtle is native to Southeast Asia, specifically found in Malaysia and Indonesia. It’s a mid-level predator in the food chain, which means it is both a predator and prey. As an omnivore, it feeds on a variety of plant and animal matter, including fruits, leaves, aquatic plants, insects, and small fish. They are also known to scavenge on dead animals and carrion. A front view of a Malaysian Giant Turtle Additionally, their eggs and young are preyed upon by a variety of animals, including monitor lizards, snakes, and birds of prey. Their predators are also their prey. Also, it is critically endangered and is slowly on the decline with an unknown amount of them left, and the last law in 1999 made it illegal to hunt them in the wild. Unfortunately, that hasn’t stopped poachers. Within Malaysia, they are found in the Borneo region, which includes the states of Sabah and Sarawak. They primarily inhabit large rivers, such as t...

I went on a Hike with my brother and my dog Skippy to some trail my brother told me he knew of. I decided why not because it was a day where I had nothing going on, where he took me was beautiful. When we got there I noticed that Skippy was very excited to be on a walk with family. We were walking around for about an hour and during the time that we were there it both rained and snowed which I found interesting. The trail we walked on was uphill following an old, abandoned  road with the river following along the whole way up. Once we got up to the top of the trail, my brother told me to take a picture of the trail and sky because of how beautiful it was.   Skippy enjoyed the sound of the river and kept going over to inspect what bugs, sticks, and other things that caught his attention.   I enjoyed going out and doing this because I rarely get to go out and appreciate time like this not only with my friends, but with my pet as well. On the way back, I took a picture of th...