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Dec 13

Guardian

Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Coast Guard Beach, Dare County, NC Arrival Date: 12/13/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 9.66 kg (~21 lb) Case History In an effort to help North Carolina facilities overwhelmed by a large number of cold-stunned sea turtles that stranded in early December, nine sea turtles were…
Dec 13

Carteret

green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: South Core Banks, Carteret County, NC Arrival Date: 12/13/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 3.48 kg (7.7 lb) Case History In an effort to help North Carolina facilities overwhelmed by a large number of cold-stunned sea turtles that stranded in early December, nine sea turtles were transferred…
Dec 13

Banks

green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: South Core Banks, Lookout Bight, NC Arrival Date: 12/13/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 5.06 kg (11.2 lb) Case History In an effort to help North Carolina facilities overwhelmed by a large number of cold-stunned sea turtles that stranded in early December, nine sea turtles were transferred…
Dec 13

Charms

green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Dare County, NC Arrival Date: 12/13/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 5.90 kg (13.0 lb) Case History In an effort to help North Carolina facilities overwhelmed by a large number of cold-stunned sea turtles that stranded in early December, nine sea turtles were transferred to the SCA's…
Dec 13

Sandy

green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Sandy Bay, Frisco, NC Arrival Date: 12/13/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 3.48 kg (7.7 lb) Case History In an effort to help North Carolina facilities overwhelmed by a large number of cold-stunned sea turtles that stranded in early December, nine sea turtles were transferred to the…
Dec 13

Fisher

green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: South Core Banks, NC Arrival Date: 12/13/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 3.42 kg (7.5 lb) Case History In an effort to help North Carolina facilities overwhelmed by a large number of cold-stunned sea turtles that stranded in early December, nine sea turtles were transferred to the…
Dec 13

Lewbart

green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Lookout Bight, NC Arrival Date: 12/13/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 4.02 kg (8.9 lb) Case History In an effort to help North Carolina facilities overwhelmed by a large number of cold-stunned sea turtles that stranded in early December, nine sea turtles were transferred to the SCA's…
Dec 13

Cape Lookout

green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Carteret County, NC Arrival Date: 12/13/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 3.84 kg (8.5 lb) Case History In an effort to help North Carolina facilities overwhelmed by a large number of cold-stunned sea turtles that stranded in early December, nine sea turtles were transferred to the SCA's…
Oct 23

St. Catherine

Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Near St. Catherines Island, Georgia Arrival Date: 10/23/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 13.88 kg (~31 lb) Case History This 10.24 kg (22.6 lbs) Kemp's ridley was captured 22 October 2010 during a trawl net survey being conducted in Georgia waters by the South Carolina Department…
Sep 14

Santee

loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Santee Pass behind Capers Island Arrival Date: 09/14/2010 Age: subadult Weight: 73 kg (161 lb) Case History Santee, a 156-pound loggerhead sea turtle, was observed unable to dive in the water near Santee Spit and rescued by a fishing charter boat 14 September 2010. Transported…
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