Posts Tagged: Sea Turtle Hospital

Jan 15

Eclipse

loggerhead/green (Caretta caretta/Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: First Encounter Beach, Eastham, MA Arrival Date: 01/15/2012 Age: juvenile Weight: 8.82 kg (~19 lb) Case History Eclipse is one of seven sea turtles transferred to the SCA's Sea Turtle Hospital on January 15th, 2012, from the New England Aquarium (NEAq). All seven turtles…
Jan 15

Merigo

Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Campground Beach, Eastham, MA Arrival Date: 01/15/2012 Age: juvenile Weight: 3.88 kg (8.5 lb) Case History Merigo is one of seven sea turtles transferred to the SCA's Sea Turtle Hospital on January 15th, 2012, from the New England Aquarium (NEAq). All seven turtles originally…
Jul 23

Battery

Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Battery Park, Charleston, SC Arrival Date: 07/23/2011 Age: juvenile Weight: 3.72 kg (8 lb) Case History This little 3.72 kg Kemp's ridley sea turtle was caught on hook-and-line (as most juvenile ridleys are in SC) at Battery Park in downtown Charleston. The fishermen who…
Jun 26

Gumby

loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Kiawah Island, SC Arrival Date: 06/26/2011 Age: juvenile Weight: 17.8 kg (~39 lb) Case History This very small (3.0 kg) loggerhead stranded beachfront on Kiawah Island, SC and was transported by the SC Department of Natural Resources to the Aquarium's Sea Turtle Hospital for evaluation…
Jun 21

Laurel

Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Laurel Bay near Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, SC Arrival Date: 06/21/2011 Age: juvenile Weight: 3.5 kg (~7.7 lb) Case History This 3.3 kg Kemp's ridley was caught by a recreational fisherman in Laurel Bay and transported to our Sea Turtle Hospital by SCDNR…
Jun 21

McClellan

loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Cape Romain Wildlife Refuge, SC Arrival Date: 06/21/2011 Age: adult Weight: 103.2 kg (~228 lb) Case History This 103 kg adult female loggerhead was found entangled in a rope from a discarded crab trap just off South Carolina's densest sea turtle nesting beach, Cape Romain…
Jun 12

Hamlin Creek

loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Hamlin Creek, Isle of Palms, SC Arrival Date: 06/12/2011 Age: juvenile Weight: 33 kg (~73 lb) Case History This has been our busiest stranding season on record! This 27.44 kg (61 lb) loggerhead is the 14th sea turtle we've admitted in 2011. SCDNR transported Hamlin,…
Jun 09

Bennett

Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: R/V Lady Lisa offshore South Carolina Arrival Date: 06/09/2011 Age: adult Weight: 34.6 kg Case History Bennett is the first adult female Kemp’s ridley sea turtle we’ve ever admitted into our hospital! She is also the third sea turtle captured by the SCDNR research…
Jun 06

Lisa

loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Rescued by SCDNR research vessel in SC waters Arrival Date: 06/06/2011 Age: juvenile Weight: 30.9 kg (68 lb) Case History This 30.9 kg juvenile loggerhead was captured 6 June 2011 by the SCDNR's sea turtle trawl survey vessel, the RV Lady Lisa. The phsical exam…
May 31

Capers

loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Offshore of Capers Island, SC Arrival Date: 05/31/2011 Age: juvenile Weight: 42.9 kg (~95 lb) Case History This 42.9 kg loggerhead was captured by the SCDNR's sea turtle research trawl survey on 31 May 2011 near Capers Island. The vast majority of sea turtles caught,…
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