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Tao

I was enjoying a few drinks the other night with the local Korat dignitaries. One policeman, an electrician, some hanger on from the copper and the head of the forestry commission.

Anyway, i was served up a few boiled eggs with soy sauce with my beer. Just how i like em'. The head forest bloke starts to tell me how turtles eggs are the best for eating. Sep sep heng apparently (That's lao i think).

Was he pulling my plonker or are turtles eggs the best thing since Stroller's dog recipe?

Texpat

Sap = aroi

Never had tutrle eggs, but had a small cup of turtle blood (Supon) in Tokyo.

It was awful.

Seems odd that a forest ranger is scoffing down turtle eggs.

Tao

Turtle's blood? You sick bastard...

English Noodles

^Going by your name i thought you would know.

Noodles.

Tao

Noodles you overuse the rolling on the floor pissing yourself smiley. Actually, i doubt you ever smile.

Piss yourself... probably.

blackgang

The mexicans down at Colima and Manzanillo eat the hell out of them huevos de tortuga,, I wont eat em tho..fuk that

Wayne Kerr

Yep, turtle meat too. Lots of sea turtle eggs traded amongst small Muslim fishing communities in southern Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. They eat heaps of freshwater suckers upcountry in Thailand. Hope you enjoyed them mate.

Tao

Hang on, these were fooking hens eggs i was munching on!

Happyman

Had them, and turtle meat, in Oman - not impressed !

English Noodles

WTF's your problem you pissy fucker.

Tao

No problem pinky, just a little banter.

My mate calls me a cnut i call him a cnut back. It's not personal.

blackgang

do you think noodles is a cnut?

Thats a lot higher opinion than most have..

smeden

are seaturteles not on the indangerd list in thailand

Tao

Wasn't actually sea turtles he was talking about. But yes sea turtles are endangered worldwide, probably because of those Mexicans.

slimboyfat

I have eaten turtle soup a few times here in Singapore and its very nice. Haven't eaten any turtle products for a while though because it's probably a bad thing to do.

smeden

keep the good spirit up help preserve nature

blackgang

Not just those Mexicans, everywhere in the world that sea Turtles come ashore to lay eggs there is always a mad rush to get the eggs by the locals, in Micronesia, and all the way down the coast in Central and south America and off shore islands there is a rape of the nesting grounds as well as anywhere in Asia or any ocean that has sea turtles.
Just seems to be a thing that is done, they are helpless to defend themselves or their nest areas and seems to be much money to be made from them.
And at sea I have brought a few aboard that had a nasty tumor on their necks from eating radioactive contaminated sea weed [I was told that caused the tumors] and some with plastic garbage, such as bags, and the plastic rack thing that is used to hold a six pack together, mono fishing line or mono nets parts tangled around them.
When I was young on small boats fishing we used to hook them and bring them aboard and butcher them so the people could eat them, but later years as they became scarce, in the early 60s we quit doing that and only brought them aboard if they showed signs of distress.
There should be more protection for them I would think.

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smeden

sattahip naval base do a great job for sea turteles see back issues of pattaya mail

kingwilly

^ I visited that base a few times, it is a good program they have. tho tourists cannot just walk in, one needs a letter of permission.

smeden

i will try too find out how too wisit the turtle center some time just for the interes they migth have guided tours that way i can suport them