Turtle Patient Boards

Aug 07

Burrata

Green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Bowens Island, Charleston, SC Arrival Date: 7/28/23 Age: Juvenile Sex: Unknown Weight: 2.29 kg (5.05 lbs) Case History Burrata was found floating and unable to dive by Charleston Outdoor Adventure staff in King Flats Creek near Bowens Island. Staff notified the South Carolina…
Aug 01

Ryan

Green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Myrtle Beach State Park Pier, Myrtle Beach, SC Arrival Date: 7/17/23 Age: Juvenile Weight: 2.28 kg (5.0 lbs) Case History On the afternoon of July 17, a juvenile green sea turtle was caught on a fish hook at Myrtle Beach State Park Pier.…
Aug 01

Gouda

Kemp’s Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Springmaid Pier, Myrtle Beach, SC Arrival Date: 7/14/23 Age: Juvenile Weight: 1.08 kg (2.4 lbs) Case History On July 14, a very tiny Kemp’s ridley sea turtle was caught on hook and line by a fisherman at Springmaid Pier. The South Carolina…
Jul 21

Brie

Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: South Litchfield Beach, SC Arrival Date: 7/1/23 Age: Subadult Weight: 31.52 kg (69.34 lbs) Case History A very sick loggerhead sea turtle stranded on South Litchfield Beach and was found by a beachgoer who called the South Carolina Department of Natural…
Jul 18

Baby Bell

Kemp’s Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Folly Beach, South Carolina Arrival Date: 7/3/23 Age: Juvenile Weight: 1.48 kg (3.26 lbs) Case History On the afternoon of July 3, Sea Turtle Care Center™ staff received a phone call from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) that a…
Jun 30

Yoshi

Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Myrtle Beach, SC Arrival Date: 6/23/23 Age: Juvenile Weight: 3.18 kg (6.99 lbs) Case History Yoshi was caught by an angler on the Myrtle Beach State Park Fishing Pier. Fortunately, the hook was superficially caught in the beak and fell out on…
Jun 30

Colby

Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Garden City, SC Arrival Date: 6/16/23 Age: Juvenile Weight: 1.95 kg (4.3 lbs) Case History Colby was accidentally caught at the Garden City Fishing Pier. Fortunately, the fishing line was only entangled around their right front flipper, and they were not actually…
Jun 15

Parmesan

Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Myrtle Beach, SC Arrival Date: 6/8/23 Age: Juvenile Weight: 3.02 kg (6.66 lbs) Case History Parmesan was hooked by an angler through their left, front flipper on the Myrtle Beach State Park Fishing Pier. Fortunately, it was a shallow wound and the…
Apr 21

Mozzarella

Green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Folly Beach, SC Arrival Date: 4/12/23 Age: Juvenile Weight: 3.98 kg (8.7 lbs) Case History Mozzarella, a juvenile green sea turtle, was found floating and unable to dive in Folly Creek by our friends at Charleston Outdoor Adventures. They reported the stranding, and…
Jan 12

Cancer

Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Cape Cod Bay, MA Arrival Date: 11/27/22 Age: Juvenile Weight: 2.3 kg (5.0 lbs) Case History This turtle is one of many that stranded up in the New England area due to cold stunning, the sea turtle equivalent of hypothermia. New England…
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