(music plays)

An animated blue sign that reads " Fish Talk with Leo" falls into the sea.

Leo is an animated blue and orange catfish. She swims near two tablets at the bottom of a lake.

Leo says IT'S
FISH TALK WITH LEO!
THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S ME, LEO!
INTERVIEWING THE EXPERTS AND
TAKING YOU BEHIND THE SCENES
OF ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT'S
HAPPENING AT PARKS CANADA.
BETCHA CAN'T GUESS MY
FAVOURITE RADIO STATION.
IT'S TURTLE RADIO!
THAT'S RIGHT! WE ARE LIVE
AND ON THE AIR FROM ROUGE
NATIONAL URBAN PARK.

A close-up shot shows a man holding a baby turtle.

She continues TURTLE RADIO IS PART OF THIS
AMAZING SPECIES RECOVERY PROGRAM
CALLED HEAD START,
THAT'S RUN BY THE TORONTO ZOO
AND PARKS CANADA.

A sign on a glass wall reads "Blandings turtle eggs start incubating in June."

She continues THE BLANDING'S TURTLES
ARE HATCHED
AND THEN RAISED FOR TWO YEARS
BEFORE GRADUATING
TO THE WETLANDS
AND BECOMING THEIR
OWN RADIO STATION.
TODAY, WE'RE GOING
TO FIND OUT EXACTLY
HOW TURTLE RADIO WORKS WITH
JULIA FROM PARKS CANADA.

A caption reads "Julia Phillips. Rouge National Urban Park. Biologist." Julia is in her early forties, with blond hair tied-up. She wears a dark blue polo-shirt .

Outdoors, Julia says WE HAVE A HEAD START PROGRAM FOR
ALL OF OUR BLANDING'S TURTLES
AT PARKS CANADA THAT ARE PART OF
THE ROUGE NATIONAL URBAN PARK.
AND WE ARE ABLE TO TRACK
THEM BY PICKING UP ON
A RADIO SIGNAL THAT'S ON THE
BACK OF THE TURTLE.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE
ACTUALLY TUNING IN
TO THAT RADIO STATION THAT'S ON
THE TURTLE'S BACK,
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA
FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE.

Leo says SO, HOW DOES
TURTLE RADIO HELP?

Julia says WHAT WE CAN LEARN
FROM TURTLE RADIO
IS BASICALLY HOW TO CREATE MORE
WETLAND HABITAT
THAT'S GONNA SUSTAIN POPULATIONS
INTO THE FUTURE.
AND WE CAN ALSO LEARN
WHAT THEY LIKE TO USE IN TERMS
OF WINTERING SPACE,
UHH, EATING SPACES,
WHERE THEY LIKE
TO GO AND HANG OUT
DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS
WHEN IT'S REALLY HOT.

Leo says ARE YOU DOING ALL THIS WORK
JUST FOR THE
BLANDING'S TURTLES?

Julia says LOTS OF OTHER CREATURES
LIKE THE SAME AREAS
AS THE BLANDING'S TURTLE,
SO THINGS LIKE FISH SPECIES THAT
WILL USE THE SAME TYPE
OF MARSHY HABITATS,
A LOT OF WOODLAND CREATURES
LIKE FROGS THAT WILL USE THE
SAME KIND OF, UMM,
TEMPORARY POOLS THAT BLANDING'S
TURTLES WILL STOP OVER AND USE,
UMM, AND A LOT OF ANIMALS LIKE
LITTLE CRUSTACEANS AND ALL OF
OUR INSECT LIFE
THAT-- THAT LIVES IN THE AREA.
WHEN WE CREATE THESE WETLANDS,
WE CREATE THEM FOR EVERYTHING
THAT NEEDS WATER,
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE
ALL OF THE WILDLIFE
THAT COMES TO FEED AND COLLECT
AND NEST IN THE SAME AREA.

Leo says HOLY CRAYFISH! ARE YOU SAYING
THE BLANDING'S TURTLES
ARE HELPING US FISH TOO?

Julia says WE HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT FISH
SPECIES IN THE PARK.
WE HAVE SPECIES
LIKE BROOK TROUT,
OR LITTLE, SMALL FISH
LIKE THE REDSIDE DACE, WHICH IS
ACTUALLY AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
AND ALL OF THESE CREATURES
WILL BENEFIT FROM
THE WETLAND RESTORATION WORK
THAT WE'RE DOING
IN ROUGE NATIONAL URBAN PARK.

Small gray, white and red fish swim at the bottom of a river.

Leo says WHOA!
TURTLES WHO ARE THEIR
OWN RADIO STATIONS,
HELPING TO REBUILD
THE WETLANDS,
WHICH ARE HELPING ENDANGERED
FISH LIKE THE REDSIDE DACE?
IS THERE NOTHING THESE
BLANDING'S TURTLES CAN'T DO?
I KNOW I'D CERTAINLY LOVE
TO TUNE IN AND LISTEN TO
MY LOCAL BLANDING'S TURTLE.
BUT ISN'T IT HARD WORK FOR THEM
TO CARRY A TRANSMITTER AROUND?

Julia says THE TRANSMITTER'S
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED
TO NOT IMPACT THE TURTLES
DAY-TO-DAY LIFE.
THE ANTENNA'S POINTED BACKWARDS
ON PURPOSE,
SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE EASILY
THROUGH VEGETATION.
WE EVEN COLOUR THE GLUE THAT
STICKS THE TRANSMITTER
TO THE TURTLE'S BACK
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF COLOUR
THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE SHELL.
AND THAT'S SO THAT NO PREDATORS
SEE THEM EASILY.

She holds a turtle pointing to the transmitter.

Julia continues AND THAT TRANSMITTER ACTS LIKE A
LITTLE RADIO STATION
THAT SENDS OUT A SIGNAL
THAT WE CAN TUNE INTO
SO THAT WE CAN FIND
THEIR LOCATION.

Leo says JUST HOW OFTEN DO YOU
CHECK UP ON THE TURTLES?

Julia says WE CAN TUNE INTO THEM
THREE TIMES A WEEK
AND WE CAN FIND OUT EXACTLY
WHERE THEY'RE HANGING OUT.
WE'LL BE WATCHING HIS MOVEMENTS
AND FIGURING OUT
WHERE HE LIKES TO
SPEND HIS TIME,
UHH, FOR A MINIMUM OF A YEAR,
AND MAYBE UP TO
THREE TO FOUR.

Leo says WHERE DO THE
BLANDING'S TURTLES GO?

Julia says OUR TURTLES ACTUALLY
END UP EVERYWHERE.
SOME INDIVIDUALS LIKE TO HANG
OUT FOR A VERY LONG TIME
IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE
THAT WE LET THEM GO IN,
AND OTHERS TEND
TO TRAVEL QUITE A BIT,
SO YOU END UP REALLY LEARNING
ABOUT THE PERSONALITIES
THAT COME ALONG WITH
THESE LITTLE TURTLES.

A turtle swims by plants.

Leo says WOW! THEY ARE PRETTY SPECIAL
LITTLE CREATURES.

Julia says AND FOR THAT REASON, UMM,
SOMETIMES THESE ANIMALS
ARE COLLECTED BY PEOPLE,
AND THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING
THAT IMPACTS THEM AND
MAKES THEM MORE VULNERABLE.

Leo says GREAT POINT, JULIA!
TAKING A BLANDING'S TURTLE HOME
AND MAKING IT YOUR PET
IS A BIG FISHHEADS NO-NO.

Holding an antenna, Julia says OKAY, SO IN ORDER TO CHECK THAT
WE HAVE THE RIGHT RADIO STATION
ON THE RIGHT TURTLE'S BACK,
I'M JUST GONNA TUNE IN
TO THAT SPECIFIC STATION.
I DIAL IN TO THAT FREQUENCY,
AND I ADJUST MY SOUND
EVER SO SLIGHTLY
SO THAT WE CAN HEAR HIS BEEPS.
(static buzzing, transmitter beeping)
THERE HE IS, I HEAR HIM NOW.
HE'S LIVE AND ON THE AIR!

Leo says WHOO-HOO!
FIN-TASTIC!
ANOTHER BLANDING'S TURTLE
OFF ON A GREAT ADVENTURE,
HELPING ALL OF HIS
WETLAND NEIGHBOURS.
JULIA, WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE
RADIO STATION?

Julia says MY FAVOURITE STATION
IS TURTLE RADIO.
LET'S GET THIS GUY BACK HOME.
LOOKING FORWARD TO
CHECKING IN ON YOU SOON.

Leo says AND THERE HE GOES.
BROADCASTING ALL KINDS OF
IMPORTANT INFO
TO JULIA AND HER TEAM
AT PARKS CANADA.
SO THIS IS LEO,
SIGNING OFF FOR TURTLE RADIO.

(theme music plays)

The end credits roll.

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