We the members of the YouthCan-Nigeria will like to share with you one of the project that we started a week ago. Kindly check it out in the attachment below
Oke Olumuyiwa Oladunni,
Youthfacilitator YouthCan -Nigeria
For YouthCan-Nigeria,
WELCOME
Welcome to the Youth Communication and Networking, Nigeria. At YouthCaN Nigeria, we believe that Youths should be involved in environment related activates. We find it very interesting to carry out our mission and to learn skills that will help us in our subsequent careers. We work together to nurture our own intellectual development and there by make a positive contribution to our environment and society in our challenging and ever changing world.
Youth Facilitator
Youth Communications and Networking
A GENERAL OVERVIEW
Tortoises are any of the land dwelling turtles of the family Testudinidae. Tortoises are adapted for living on land by their club-shaped feet and webless toes. The shell is usually high doomed and the head can be completely drawn in.
In folklore these animals represent slowness, determination and longetivity. The giant tortoises are now rare or extinct on many Islands because they were slaughtered and there habitats destroyed by man and because of the introduction of animals like pigs, goats, etc. that prey on the young and compete for food with the adults.
A giant tortoise could weigh about 140 kilograms approximately 300 pounds and have a shell length of about 1.3 meters approximately 4.25 feet. TORTOISESHELL, the marbled, varicolored pattern and deep translucence of the plates have been long valued for manufacture of jewelry and other items. Tortoiseshell is first separated from the bony skeleton by heat; the shields are flattened by heat and pressure and irregularities are rasped away. Tortoiseshell is easily molded by heat and pressure and can be shaped on a lathe.
OUR CASE STUDY
FOREST HINGE- BACK TORTOISE OF TROPICAL AFRICA.
The case study was gotten from the palace of a Chief in Ogbomoso Land, Oyo State Nigeria.
The tortoise has so many significances, which include long life. It is believed that if the tortoise escapes the reigning king will not live for long.
Watch out for more details as research work is going on. We are getting in touch with the community elders as regards the other significant roles of the animal.
THE PROJECT IS BEEN EXECUTED BY SOME OF OUR MEMBERS #.
AKINTOLA AKINWOLE ALABA: He is student of Pure and Applied Biology at the prestigious Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso. He is also a active member of the YouthCaN Nigeria . He his the head of the research team. E-mail address: akintolaakinwole@eudoramail.com #
OKE OLUMUYIWA OLADUNNI. He is the Youth Facilitator of YouthCaN-Nigeria. He is also a student of Pure and Applied Physics at the prestigious Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria.
ESURUOSO COMFORT IYABODE. She is presently Studying pure and Applied Physics at the prestigious Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria.She has a keen interest in biological activites. E-mail: fortmine@yahoo.com
NEWS UPDATE ABOUT YOUTHCAN-NIGERIA.
A member of the YouthCaN Nigeria will be away in Ghana from the 2nd - 10th of August, 2002 for the international Youth Leadership conference at Apeadu Peace Center, Aburi, Ghana. Kindly, be on the watch out for some of the interesting pictures of the event. He will meet with Ezekiel Kevin Annan, a YouthCaN member from Ghana..
