Luca Antonio Marino - Wildlife Films & Photography

In media ogni anno nel Mar Mediterraneo, più di 130 mila tartarughe vengono catturate accidentalmente e oltre 40 mila muoiono a causa della pesca (fonte WWF).

Una tartaruga marina (Caretta caretta) in difficoltà è stata recuperata dagli esperti e portata a Portici al centro di recupero delle tartarughe marine della Stazione Zoologica Anton Dhorn per essere assistita. Dalle analisi è risultato che la tartaruga ha ingerito un grosso amo e che questo l'avrebbe messa in serio rischio di vita se non fosse stata avvistata e recuperata. I veterinari dovranno eseguire un intervento molto delicato per rimuovere l'amo.

🇬🇧 On average every year in the Mediterranean Sea, more than 130 thousand turtles are accidentally caught and more than 40 thousand die as a result of fishing (source WWF). A distressed sea turtle (Caretta caretta) was rescued by experts and taken to Portici to the Anton Dhorn Sea Turtle Rescue Center for assistance. The analysis showed that the turtle ingested a big hook and that this would have put the animal at serious risk of life if it hadn't been spotted and recovered. Veterinarians will need to perform a very delicate operation to remove the hook. 🇮🇹 In media ogni anno nel Mar Mediterraneo, più di 130 mila tartarughe vengono catturate accidentalmente e oltre 40 mila muoiono a causa della pesca (fonte WWF). Una tartaruga marina (Caretta caretta) in difficoltà è stata recuperata dagli esperti e portata a Portici al centro di recupero delle tartarughe marine della Stazione Zoologica Anton Dhorn per essere assistita. Dalle analisi è risultato che la tartaruga ha ingerito un grosso amo e che questo l'avrebbe messa in serio rischio di vita se non fosse stata avvistata e recuperata. I veterinari dovranno eseguire un intervento molto delicato per rimuovere l'amo. . . . #sea #turtle #caretta #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #animals #environment #conservation #natgeoyourshot #bbcwildlifepotd #italy #tartaruga #marina #italia #natura #animali #biologiamarina #conservazione #ambiente

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There are 7 species of sea turtles in the world and unfortunately, all are at risk of extinction. In the Mediterranean Sea, every year, about 150,000 sea turtles are accidentally caught by fishing gear and more than 40,000 die.

These animals are seriously threatened by human activities, in addition to plastic and bycatch, they suffer from the disturbance of tourism in the breeding areas.

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A baby sea turtle (Caretta caretta) at dawn on the Lazio coast. Of the dozens of hatchlings that emerge from the nest, only a small number manage to reach the adult stage. On the way that separates them from the sea, the main dangers they can encounter on the beach are predatory birds and mammals and human disturbance (especially artificial lights that can disorient the turtles). Once they reach the sea, not only predatory fish can cause their death, but above all fishermen's nets and hooks, boat propellers and water pollution, especially that caused by plastic.

The eggs of the Caretta caretta sea turtle hatch after an incubation period of about fifty days. The s*x of the hatchlings depends on the temperature inside the nest: below 29 degrees, mostly males develop, while at higher temperatures, mostly females.

Once emerged from the nest during the night, the hatchlings are guided solely by visual stimuli and head towards the brighter horizon, which in natural conditions is represented by the shoreline.

During this stretch, newborns undergo environmental imprinting by memorizing the chemical nature of the beach, the magnetic field and the direction of the waves. This will allow them to return to the same place for reproduction.

However, human activities cause the death of many hatchlings even before they reach the sea. The presence of lampposts, bonfires, discos or house lights, in fact, confuse the baby turtles, which often go in the opposite direction to the sea and die of dehydration or are crushed by cars. Moreover, umbrellas, chairs and other objects on the beach can prevent them from reaching the shore.

A photo of a turtle hatchling (Caretta caretta) taken last summer in collaboration with Sea Shepherd Project Jairo and the TartaLazio research team.

Project Jairo is a Sea Shepherd campaign created to defend, conserve and protect sea turtles, in particular Caretta caretta.

This species is endangered, but it is constantly increasing in the waters of the Italian seas. Every year, due to the increase in sea temperatures and human activities, these sea turtles move further and further north of the Italian peninsula.

Often, we humans invade their nesting sites, forcing the animals to seek space elsewhere.

Sea Shepherd volunteers patrol the beaches in search of nesting tracks and monitor the identified nests, protecting the eggs until they hatch.

"Lumache", the video music I made for the new single by the Googa

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A super cool article on Billboard Italia about "Lumache", the new single by the Googa!
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https://www.billboard.it/musica/italiana/anteprima-video-lumache-googa/2022/10/1396482/?fbclid=IwAR1o-yOUYmNjVeWocPfsljwAs6hkVPgFisqKAY1AdzPuKxJ0IqHq4Mz6oj0

Some images of "Lumache", the music video I made for the new single by the Googa.

Out tomorrow on YouTube!

It's out! The latest issue of Current Biology with my photo on the cover!

Inside, an article written by the researchers of the EthoCebus Project demonstrates that using stone tools in feeding significantly improves diet quality of capuchin monkeys.

Quando si avvicina il momento della schiusa, i nidi di tartaruga marina vengono monitorati soprattutto di notte (quando è più probabile l'emersione) utilizzando delle luci rosse. La luce bianca infatti potrebbe disturbare le neonate. Quando le tartarughe escono fuori dal nido, se necessario, gli esperti le aiutano a percorrere il tragitto verso il mare accompagnandole sempre con l'ausilio della luce rossa.

Una piccola Caretta caretta estratta dal nido di Anzio

Dopo circa 60 giorni dalla deposizione delle uova nel nido scavato la notte del 21 giugno da una tartaruga marina della specie Caretta caretta, sulla spiaggia di Anzio, presso le Grotte di Nerone, i ricercatori ed esperti della Rete TartaLazio della Regione Lazio, con l'aiuto dei volontari di Sea Shepherd, sono intervenuti per scavare il nido e verificare lo stato della schiusa, la cui data era stata indicata, in base alle temperature della sabbia, attorno al 15 agosto.

Probabilmente, a causa del maltempo che ha colpito l’area la settimana della prevista schiusa, la pioggia aveva compattato la sabbia e ciò rendeva difficile l’emersione dalla sabbia delle piccole tartarughe. Di fronte a centinaia di cittadini in attesa, sono state estratte, vivi ed in buona salute, 17 piccoli, oltre ad altre 34 uova non schiuse.

Un bell'articolo sulle tartarughe marine nate ad Anzio, accompagnato dalle mie foto 🙂

Cominciano a nascere le tartarughe marine sulle coste del Lazio!! ViViroma è il giornale per divertirsi a Roma. Cinema, Musica, Teatro, Mostre, Spettacoli, vivi Roma! Gli eventi riuniti in una comoda agenda da sfogliare con le recensioni, adesso Vivi Roma è anche un social in cui condividere le emozioni delle serate insieme ai tuoi amici!

Alcune foto del nido di tartaruga marina deposto ad Anzio.
Sabato 20 Agosto sono state liberate le tartarughe marine Caretta caretta del nido di Anzio. Dopo circa 60 giorni dal momento della deposizione delle uova, siccome le tartarughe non riuscivano ad emergere da sole dal nido, forse a causa della pioggia che nei giorni precedenti aveva compattato la sabbia, gli esperti di Tartalazio hanno deciso di aprire il nido per liberarle. In totale le uova deposte erano 51, sono state estratte 17 tartarughe vive e in salute mentre 34 uova non hanno completato il loro sviluppo. Dopo le varie misurazioni, le neonate, hanno percorso il tragitto fino al mare con il buio, un processo che permette loro l'imprinting con le caratteristiche della spiaggia per poi sperabilmente farne ritorno dopo circa vent'anni. A causa del mare mosso e delle scogliere artificiali di fronte alla spiaggia, le tartarughe sono state scortate dalla Capitaneria di Porto direttamente in mare aperto.
Grazie a Sea Shepherd, TartaLazio, ParchiLazio e tutti i volontari che si sono impegnati a salvaguardare questi splendidi animali.

Tartarughe marine ad Anzio | Luca Antonio Marino

The force of Nature

Thanks so much to Fujifilm and the New York Wild Film Festival for this camera kit!
I am sure that I can do wonderful things with this beauty! 🙂

An adult bearded capuchin monkey (Sapajus libidinosus) on the top of a plateau in the semi-arid forest of Fazenda Boa Vista (Piauí, Brazil).

Grooming

A female capuchin monkey (Sapajus libidinosus) and her baby. Infants spend most of their time with their mothers but if they want to survive in the Brazilian forest they must become independent.
Featured on National Geographic magazine.

The alpha male of the group of capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) is napping. He travelled for hours with his group searching for food, a real challenge during the dry season in this area of North-eastern Brazil. He is the leader of the group of monkeys and he decides when and where to stop for sleeping.
Published in the National Geographic magazine.

Waiting

One of my shots is on the 2022 cover of Primates journal!
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-021-00964-0

Just arrived the book "The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree" by Nice Nailantei Leng'ete with my photograph on the cover! Nice Leng'ete is a human rights activist and Amref ambassador, whom I had the honour of meeting and listening to while making a documentary in Kenya. She fights to stop female ge***al mutilation, a traditional practice used to sign the passage from childhood to adulthood in Kenya as in other African countries. She has saved many girls from undergoing this practice and she is an inspiration for young women and men. In 2018, she was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Thank you, Nice, for this wonderful gift!

A young capuchin monkey (Sapajus libidinosus) caught a large grasshopper at the site of Fazenda Boa Vista (Brazil). In this area, invertebrates are more abundant in the rainy season and their abundance is related to the increase in rainfall.
Published in November's issue of National Geographic

A capuchin monkey (Sapajus libidinosus) descends from a red sandstone wall, the most common in the site of Fazenda Boa Vista (Brazil). At this site, capuchins go up these rock walls to rest and find food.
On November's issue of National Geographic

This month on National Geographic.
Capuchin monkeys have their own culture, traditional behaviours that are passed from one generation to another. Youngsters learn to use stone tools taking part in the social life of the group and interacting with the expert members. In this picture, an adult capuchin has cracked a palm nut using a stone and is removing and eating pieces of the kernel. A young monkey that cannot crack a nut itself watches closely. This behaviour is important for learning about foods, places where they can be obtained, and also about actions used to obtain them. Youngsters take years to learn how to efficiently crack a nut.

The National Geographic issue with my photographic story about the culture of capuchin monkeys and the text by Noemi Spagnoletti is out now! The culture of bearded capuchins (Sapajus libidinosus), the only South American monkeys that use tools, risks disappearing due to the conversion of forests to intensive agriculture (especially soy), much of it destined to become animal feed for the livestock in all the world. The alarm was raised by a study carried out by universities and research institutes in Brazil, Italy and the United States which highlights for the first time that the cultural behaviours of capuchin monkeys are strongly threatened by human impact. The study by Dr. Presotto, Dr. Elisabetta Visalberghi and Dr. Noemi Spagnoletti of the CNR, showed that intensive agriculture increased by more than 350% from 2000 to 2017. Even worse, the predictions are that by 2034 the semiarid forests (such as those in which these monkeys live) will further decrease with the risk that the populations and traditions of capuchins will disappear forever. Therefore, for some highly social animal species, the conservation of cultural traditions is as important as the protection of the habitat in which they live.

It is with great emotion that I announce that my photographs are in this month's issue of National Geographic!
My photographic story on the culture of the Brazilian capuchin monkeys, accompanied by the words of Noemi Spagnoletti, is out now! For me, it is an honour to see my photographs on the pages of such a prestigious magazine, a dream that comes true! The result of years of study, months of fieldwork, long waits, sacrifices, joys, pains and unforgettable moments. This project meant a lot to me: I had the privilege of observing wonderful animals in their natural environment, discovering beautiful places and meeting wonderful people. The remarkable behaviours of these South American monkeys fascinated me to such an extent that pushed me to spend part of my life with them and share what I have had the privilege of seeing. Unfortunately, capuchins' populations, and consequently their traditional behaviours, risk disappearing due to the human impact on ecosystems. In particular, their habitat is currently threatened by the exploitation of the land and the expansion of intensive cultivation (especially of soy), most of which are destined to become feed for animals on farms all over the world. I hope this article will bring interest to the topic and highlight the consequences of human activities on our planet. I want to thank all the people who supported me in this adventure, the Ethocebus Project, Dr. Elisabetta Visalberghi, Prof. Patricia Izar, Prof. Dorothy Fragaszy, Mauro and Maria's family and my Brazilian friends who made this beautiful project possible. Thank you with all my heart!

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Love my home spot

Coypu cub (Myocastor coypus) on the shore of a small lake in Italy.

Night visitors. Rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes nasicornis).

My short documentary Wild Rome is an Official Selection at the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival 2021!

Toad at night in a village of Abruzzo, Italy.

Capuchin Culture reached 100.000 views on YouTube! 😀 Thank you all for watching!

Click here 👇 to watch the documentary
https://youtu.be/Mv3EXdfcNbw

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Deer in the forest of Abruzzo, Italy.

Deer at dusk on the mountains of Abruzzo, Italy.