Editing Barbados (section)

=== Wildlife ===

{{Main|Fauna of Barbados}}
Barbados is host to four species of nesting turtles ([[green turtles]], [[Loggerhead sea turtle|loggerheads]], [[hawksbill turtle]]s, and [[leatherbacks]]) and has the second-largest hawksbill turtle-breeding population in the Caribbean.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/travel/caribbean/article/1144716--caribbean-travel-swim-with-the-turtles-in-barbados Caribbean Travel: Swim with the turtles in Barbados] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315191127/http://www.thestar.com/travel/caribbean/article/1144716--caribbean-travel-swim-with-the-turtles-in-barbados |date=15 March 2012 }}. Thestar.com (13 March 2012). Retrieved 20 April 2014.</ref> The driving of vehicles on beaches can crush nests buried in the sand and such activity is discouraged in nesting areas.<ref>[http://www.divebarbadosblue.com/snorkeling/turtles-shipwrecks/ Sea Turtles – Dive Operators Association of Barbados] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319084119/http://www.divebarbadosblue.com/snorkeling/turtles-shipwrecks/|date=19 March 2012}}, Barbados Blue Inc.</ref>

Barbados is also the host to the [[green monkey]]. The green monkey is found in West Africa from Senegal to the Volta River. It has been introduced to the Cape Verde islands off north-western Africa, and the West Indian islands of Saint Kitts, Nevis, Saint Martin, and Barbados. It was introduced to the West Indies in the late 17th century when slave trade ships travelled to the Caribbean from West Africa.  The green monkey is considered a very curious and mischievous/troublesome animal by locals.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Overing |first1=Matt |date=3 August 2023 |title=MEDDLESOME MONKEYS: CENTRE STUDENTS RESEARCH ONGOING DILEMMA IN BARBADOS |url=https://www.centre.edu/news/meddlesome-monkeys-centre-students-research-ongoing-dilemma-barbados |url-status=live |department= |publisher=[[Centre College]] |publication-date=3 August 2023 |no-pp= |access-date=9 March 2024 |url-access= |archive-date=10 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310060238/https://www.centre.edu/news/meddlesome-monkeys-centre-students-research-ongoing-dilemma-barbados }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sealy |first1=Shane |author-link1= |last2=Wood |first2=Chris |date=14 October 2014 |title=CBC Barbados – Monkey on the Evening News |url=https://www.facebook.com/CBCNews.bb/videos/its-monkey-business-in-thorpes-cottage-st-georgeresidents-from-the-area-say-they/1487374074876631/ |url-status=live |department= |work=CBC TV-8 News |publisher=Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation |publication-date=8 October 2014 |access-date=9 March 2024 |url-access= |archive-date=10 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310060238/https://www.facebook.com/CBCNews.bb/videos/its-monkey-business-in-thorpes-cottage-st-georgeresidents-from-the-area-say-they/1487374074876631/ }}</ref>