The Chunky Lynx & Sea Turtles
Regular price $103.16 Sale price $91.33The Chunky Lynx & Turtles
The Chunky Lynx & Sea Turtles is a set of three ethically and sustainably handmade bracelets comprising the Green & Kemps Ridley Sea Turtles with the 18K Gold Chunky Iberian Lynx.
Sizing
Your stretch bracelets measure 17cm / 6.5 inches in length. The adjustable bracelets uses toughened cotton and fits any size of wrist between 13 cm (5.2 inches) and 24 cm (9.5 inches).
Gift packaging & 30 trees planted
This set comes in its own drawstring fabric pouch together with a planting certificate for your 30 trees. Enough trees to allow you to breathe Carbon Free for Life! You can address your certificate personally (by hand) which explains how your trees combat global warming to help people and animals alike. There is also a gift card on which you can write a personal message, the back of which tells you all about your endangered animals.
Your bracelets & care
The tempered glass beads will hold their colours in water although they should not be exposed to perfumes, chemicals, cosmetics and the like. The 24K gold plated beads should be treated like all gold jewelry (see care guide).
Shipping
Shipping 28th November. Your order will be processed within 2 business days of receipt. Shipments are tracked and details for the delivery service you choose are shown on checkout.
Green Sea Turtles
Green Sea Turtles are just 2 inches long when they are born and grow up to 5 feet long weighing over 300 lbs as adults, 3x the weight of a human being! They are the second largest sea turtle and eat sea grass and algae, which is why they love nesting in Shark Bay and are colored green! Green Sea Turtles can hold their breadth for up to 5 hours and swim at speeds of up to 35 kph. They saw dinosaurs become extinct and today, 150 million years later, with around 85,000 left, they are at risk of becoming extinct. The heat of the sand in which they lay their eggs determines the sex of turtles, with warmer temperatures producing females, and climate change is creating a shortage of male turtles threatening all species of sea turtles. A group of sea turtles is called a 'clutch' and there are fewer and fewer clutches to be found in the world's oceans as their temperatures rise.
Kemps Ridley Sea Turtles
Kemps Ridley Sea Turtles are the smallest of the 7 species of sea turtles. They grow to just two feet long and weigh less than 100 pounds as adults. Being so small makes them vulnerable to just about everything humans can throw at them - discarded fishing nets and plastic bags which they eat or get caught up in, the many threats posed by climate change damaging their nesting grounds - eroding beaches - and up setting the gender mix of their population (hotter sand temperatures mean eggs hatch as females not males), and they are hunted for their meat. But their story is one of success at least so far! Numbers of Kemp Ridley Sea Turtles dropped to around 200 females in the 1980s and since then have recovered to a few thousand! Kemp Ridley sea turtles remain endangered but show what can be done when we put our minds to it.
The Iberian Lynx
The Iberian Lynx is so called because it's made up of links or 'Lynx' and, like the gorgeous feline - the Iberian Lynx - it symbolises, is shades of gold. The Iberian Lynx lives on the Iberian Peninsula in Spain and is also known as the Spanish Lynx. It's the most endangered feline in the world today with a population of just 400 left on the planet. It was less than 100 at the beginning of the century, so things are looking up! They have a tawny gold coat and a beard which makes them look very cute indeed! Iberian Lynx's grow to about three feet or a metre and live amongst the trees!