If someone made a sex tape featuring turtles, would anyone watch?
Turns out the answer is yes. Carleton Biology instructor and researcher Grégory Bulté has watched hours of video of turtle mating behaviour—all in the name of science.
Bulté, who teaches ecology and evolutionary biology, has studied a group of wild northern map turtles at their hibernation spot at Lake Opinicon, about 130 km southwest of Ottawa, for close to 20 years, examining their behaviours over time. While he’s been able to document and collect a great deal of data, one part of turtle life has remained a mystery: their reproductive habits.