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Official Selection of the Virginia Environmental Film Contest (Richmond Environmental Film Festival)

The diamondback terrapin is a small, charismatic turtle that frequently drowns in crab traps in Virginia's coastal waterways. This film explores the issue of terrapin drownings, and what the public can do to help the terrapin.

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All diamondback terrapins and blue crabs in this video were handled with appropriate wildlife permits.

Credits:
Film by Madeline Reinsel

Featuring Dr. Randy Chambers (William & Mary), Meagan Thomas (VA Dept of Wildlife Resources), Dr. Kirk Havens (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) and Dr. Robert Isdell (Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

Derelict trap removal footage credit: David Stanhope/VIMS
Diamondback terrapin mortality event photo credit: Randy Chambers
Archival footage supplied by Internet Archive (at Archive.org) in association with Prelinger Archives