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"కొత్త సినిమాలో కొత్త జంట"
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Published : Mar 16, 2019, 6:00 AM IST
ఈ మధ్యే వివాహం చేసుకున్న ఆర్య-సాయేషా జంట ముచ్చటగా మూడోసారి వెండితెరపై కనిపించనుంది.
ముచ్చటగా మూడోసారి వెండితెరపై కనిపించనున్న ఆర్య-సాయేషా జంట
తమిళ నటుడు ఆర్య, హీరోయిన్ సాయేషా సైగల్ను ఈ నెల 10న వివాహం చేసుకున్నాడు. పెళ్లి తర్వాత మరో సినిమాలో నటించనుందీ జంట. శక్తి సౌందర్ రాజన్ దర్శకత్వంలో తమిళంలో రూపొందుతున్న "టెడ్డీ" చిత్రంలో ముచ్చటగా మూడోసారి స్క్రీన్ షేర్ చేసుకోనున్నారు ఆర్య, సాయేషా. కేఈ జ్ఞాన్వేల్ రాజా నిర్మాతగా వ్యవహరిస్తున్నారు.
ఇప్పటికే భలేభలే మగాడివోయ్ రీమేక్గా తెరకెక్కిన "గజనీకాంత్"లో మొదటిసారిగా కలిసి నటించారు. సూర్య హీరోగా మోహన్లాల్ కీలక పాత్రలో వస్తున్న "కాప్పన్" చిత్రంలోనూ వీరు కనిపించనున్నారు.
తమిళ నటుడు ఆర్య, హీరోయిన్ సాయేషా సైగల్ను ఈ నెల 10న వివాహం చేసుకున్నాడు. పెళ్లి తర్వాత మరో సినిమాలో నటించనుందీ జంట. శక్తి సౌందర్ రాజన్ దర్శకత్వంలో తమిళంలో రూపొందుతున్న "టెడ్డీ" చిత్రంలో ముచ్చటగా మూడోసారి స్క్రీన్ షేర్ చేసుకోనున్నారు ఆర్య, సాయేషా. కేఈ జ్ఞాన్వేల్ రాజా నిర్మాతగా వ్యవహరిస్తున్నారు.
ఇప్పటికే భలేభలే మగాడివోయ్ రీమేక్గా తెరకెక్కిన "గజనీకాంత్"లో మొదటిసారిగా కలిసి నటించారు. సూర్య హీరోగా మోహన్లాల్ కీలక పాత్రలో వస్తున్న "కాప్పన్" చిత్రంలోనూ వీరు కనిపించనున్నారు.
SEYCHELLES OCEAN MISSION TORTOISE
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS/SEYCHELLES ISLANDS FOUNDATION
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LENGTH: 7:45
SHOTLIST:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Curieuse Island, Seychelles - 22 February 2019
1. Various of Aldabra giant tortoise walking on Curieuse Island, a marine national park
2. Wide of beach
3. Wide of beach, rock outcrop
4. Mid of sign, reading (English): "Curiesue Marine National Park"
5. Tilt down of forest
6. Various setup shots of Demien Mougal, Ranger, Seychelles National Parks Authority (SNPA), interacting with Aldabra giant tortoise
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Demien Mougal, Ranger, Seychelles National Parks Authority (SNPA):
"It's definitely the size of the tortoise that amazes me, for a reptile it's pretty large and they're just so gentle creatures. They'll walk around all day and then sleep during the day, it's just sometimes, it's really fun to just look at them and be like; 'Life must be easy being a tortoise.'"
8. Various of Aldabra giant tortoise walking
VNR - SEYCHELLES ISLANDS FOUNDATION
Aldabra, Seychelles - Date not given
9. Various aerial shots of Aldabra atoll ++NARRATION/MUSIC ADDED AT SOURCE++
10.Various of tortoises ++NARRATION/MUSIC ADDED AT SOURCE++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Curieuse Island, Seychelles - 22 February 2019
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Demien Mougal, Ranger, Seychelles National Parks Authority (SNPA):
"When it's high tide, Aldabra has a huge amount of the land that gets flooded and that leads to the tortoise adapting to float. Well, because of this, they've been able to survive quite a while, but due to global warming the water is getting higher and we fear that at some point, Aldabra could sink completely. So, if this were ever to happen, it's a good thing to have multiple populations of giant tortoises all around Seychelles."
12. Wide of Curieuse Tortoise Nursery exterior
13. Pan left of nursery entrance
14. Various of nursery interior, young Aldabra giant tortoises
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mahe, Seychelles - 20 February 2019
15. Setup shot of Selby Remy, CEO of Seychelles National Parks Authority (SNPA), working in office
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Selby Remy, CEO of Seychelles National Parks Authority (SNPA):
"Historically, they were hunted for their meat. In fact, they used to be one of the big things that were kept on the boat, because they are very hardy as a species, so they could be kept alive for a long time. And, you know, they provide fresh meat for the sailors before. And that basically wiped out the population. Not just on Aldabra, but on the granitic (granite) islands, which include Mahe and the rest. So, if man comes, the tortoises can't run, they tend to be harmed that way."
17. Various cutaways of Remy working in office
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Selby Remy, CEO of Seychelles National Parks Authority (SNPA):
"Well, it's a backup really. If something happens to... you know, you can't put all your eggs in one basket. So, if something were to happen to the animals on Aldabra, we would have a second population. In fact, we would have more than a second population, there are other islands where there are tortoises. So, at least the country has prepared properly for the eventuality that there is something that goes bad in one area."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Curieuse Island, Seychelles - 22 February 2019
19. Various of Victoria Beasley, Science Coordinator, GVI, and volunteers monitoring young Aldabra giant tortoises in nursery
20. Low shot of young Aldabra giant tortoise walking
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Beasley, Science Coordinator, GVI:
"What we're doing is basically taking different measurements of the shell. So, we'll take the top of the shell, the bottom of the shell as well, and we'll also take their weight as well. Along with just scanning them for their personal ID number as well, just to get a good idea of their condition and also how they're growing as well in our new nursery."
22. Close of volunteer measuring adult Aldabra giant tortoise
UPSOUND (English): "So, we've got 139."
23. Various of Beasley and volunteers measuring adult Aldabra giant tortoise
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Beasley, Science Coordinator, GVI:
"The raising of the sea levels, it could potentially take over Aldabra where there's no land left for them and they'll be washed away. So, transporting them to these inner islands where they're more elevated is going to save the species potentially in the future."
25. Various of Beasley and volunteers measuring adult Aldabra giant tortoise
26. Low shot of adult Aldabra giant tortoise walking
27. Tilt down of ranger base
28. Various of tourist feeding adult Aldabra giant tortoise
29. Low shot of adult Aldabra giant tortoise, branch in mouth
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Demien Mougal, Ranger, Seychelles National Parks Authority (SNPA):
"I think that Seychelles is special, that it has these animals and we need to conserve as many as we can. So, the giant tortoise is definitely one of them. And I really want my future kids to be able to see them as well. So yeah, I think it's very important that we look after them while we still can."
31. Low shot of adult Aldabra giant tortoise walking
32. Wide of beach
33. Wide of heron in water
34. Wide of island, rock outcropping in foreground
LEADIN:
Conservationists are warning that climate change may threaten one of the world's longest living animals, the Aldabra giant tortoise.
To protect the vulnerable species against rising Indian Ocean tides and the threat of extinction, young hatchlings are being reared in a protected, marine park nursery.
STORYLINE:
A remote island, ruled by roaming giants. The Seychelles island of Curieuse is home to over 130 Aldabra giant tortoises.
These lumbering ancient creatures have walked Indian Ocean islands for millenia, some are thought to have lived to about 250-years-old, although most live between 80 and 120 years in the wild.
They were introduced to Curieuse, a remote marine national park, in the late 1970s as part of a conservation programme.
With 1.78 square kilometres of land to roam freely, the population has steadily increased.
"It's definitely the size of the tortoise that amazes me, for a reptile it's pretty large and they're just so gentle creatures," says ranger Demien Mougal.
"They'll walk around all day and then sleep during the day, it's just sometimes, it's really fun to just look at them and be like; 'Life must be easy being a tortoise.'"
But life for the Aldabra giant tortoise hasn't been so "easy" of late.
Its endemic home, the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Aldabra Atoll, is now already feeling the effects of climate change, from coral bleaching to coastal erosion.
Conservationists fear the Indian Ocean's waves may one day envelope the isolated low-lying atoll, taking with it over 100,000 giant tortoises, the largest population in the world.
"Due to global warming, the water is getting higher and we fear that at some point, Aldabra could sink completely," says Mougal.
"So, if this were ever to happen, it's a good thing to have multiple populations of giant tortoises all around Seychelles."
To protect against the potential effects of climate change, conservationists established this tortoise nursery on Curieuse.
Here, tiny hatchlings are nurtured till they reach the age of ten to twelve-years-old, before being released into the wild.
"Well, it's a backup really. You can't put all your eggs in one basket," says Selby Remy, the CEO of Seychelles National Parks Authority, which manages the island.
"So, if something were to happen to the animals on Aldabra, we would have a second population."
Previously hunted by passing sailors for their meat and almost driven to extinction, the Aldabra giant tortoise is listed as "vulnerable" on the IUCN's Red List.
Now, threats range from climate change and habitat loss, to the introduction of predators.
"Historically, they were hunted for their meat," explains Remy.
"In fact, they used to be one of the big things that were kept on the boat, because they are very hardy as a species, so they could be kept alive for a long time. And, you know, they provide fresh meat for the sailors before. And that basically wiped out the population."
At the tortoise nursery on Curieuse, conservationists and volunteers from Global Vision International (GVI) carefully monitor the hatchlings.
The nursery's walls protect young tortoises from rats and crabs, which can eat eggs and small hatchlings.
"What we're doing is basically taking different measurements of the shell," explains science coordinator Victoria Beasley.
"So, we'll take the top of the shell, the bottom of the shell as well, and we'll also take their weight as well. Along with just scanning them for their personal ID number as well, just to get a good idea of their condition and also how they're growing as well in our new nursery."
This monitoring continues into adult life, with an annual census that includes shell measurements, giving conservationists an insight into their growth.
"The raising of the sea levels, it could potentially take over Aldabra where there's no land left for them and they'll be washed away," says Beasley.
"So, transporting them to these inner islands where they're more elevated is going to save the species potentially in the future."
Ranger Mougal is confident they've ensured the species' future.
The Aldabra giant tortoise is point of pride for the Seychellois, its image adorns coins and the island nation's coat of arms.
"I think that Seychelles is special, that it has these animals and we need to conserve as many as we can. So, the giant tortoise is definitely one of them," says Mougal.
"And I really want my future kids to be able to see them as well. So yeah, I think it's very important that we look after them while we still can."
The Nekton Indian Ocean Mission's mothership, the Ocean Zephyr, is enroute to the remote Aldabra, one of the world's largest atolls.
The ambitious years-long mission aims to explore the Indian Ocean and document changes taking place beneath its waves.
Researchers are spending seven weeks surveying underwater life, mapping the sea floor and dropping sensors to depths of up to 2,000 metres (6,560 feet) in the seas around the Seychelles.
EDITOR'S NOTES:
The Associated Press is the only news agency working with British scientists from the Nekton research team, on its deep-sea mission that aims to unlock the secrets of the Indian Ocean. AP video coverage will include exploring the depths of up to 300 meters (1,000 feet) off the coast of the Seychelles in two-person submarines, the search for submerged mountain ranges and previously undiscovered marine life, a behind-the-scenes look at life on board, interviews with researchers and aerial footage of the mission. The seven-week expedition is expected to run until April 19.
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