Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: North Myrtle Beach, SC Arrival Date: 05/20/2013 Age: sub-adult Weight: 56.5 kg (~125 lb.) Case History The currents washed this large, severely debilitated loggerhead ashore in North Myrtle Beach Monday morning. Covered with epibionts like barnacles and sea lettuce, it was obvious this emaciated turtle…
May
20
Apr
22
green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Myrtle Beach, SC Arrival Date: 04/22/2013 Age: juvenile Weight: 3.44 kg (7.6 lb.) Case History An observant and compassionate crew of city beach workers on Myrtle Beach rescued this little green sea turtle early one very cold morning in April. When a North Myrtle Beach…
Apr
07
green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Folly River, SC Arrival Date: 04/27/2013 Age: juvenile Weight: 4 kg (~ 9 lb.) Case History Captain Gresh Megget of Absolute Reel Screamer Charters deserves a huge thanks for rescuing this little green sea turtle from the water. Gresh noticed the turtle, now named "Crosby,"…
Jan
14
loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Barnstable, MA Arrival Date: 01/14/2013 Age: juvenile Weight: 16.20 kg (~ 35 lb.) Case History Taylor is one of five sea turtles transferred to the South Carolina Aquarium’s (SCA) Sea Turtle Hospital on January 14th, 2012, from the New England Aquarium (NEAq). All five turtles…
Jan
14
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Wellfleet, Barnstable, MA Arrival Date: 01/14/2013 Age: juvenile Weight: 3.48 kg (~7.5 lb) Case History Wellfleet is one of five sea turtles transferred to the South Carolina Aquarium’s (SCA) Sea Turtle Hospital on January 14th, 2012, from the New England Aquarium (NEAq). All five…
Jan
14
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Barnstable, MA Arrival Date: 01/14/2013 Age: juvenile Weight: 2.68 kg (~6 lb.) Case History Cheyenne is one of five sea turtles transferred to the South Carolina Aquarium’s (SCA) Sea Turtle Hospital on January 14th, 2012, from the New England Aquarium (NEAq). All five turtles…
Jan
14
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Brewster, Barnstable, MA Arrival Date: 01/14/2013 Age: juvenile Weight: 2.88 kg (~ 6.5 lb.) Case History Brewster is one of five sea turtles transferred to the South Carolina Aquarium’s (SCA) Sea Turtle Hospital on January 14th, 2012, from the New England Aquarium (NEAq). All…
Jan
14
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Sutton Point, Barnstable, MA Arrival Date: 01/14/2013 Age: juvenile Weight: 3.38 kg (~7.5 lb.) Case History Sutton is one of five sea turtles transferred to the South Carolina Aquarium’s (SCA) Sea Turtle Hospital on January 14th, 2012, from the New England Aquarium (NEAq). All…
Jan
10
loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Kit Point, Avon, NC Arrival Date: 01/10/2013 Age: juvenile Weight: 21.9 kg (~49 lb.) Case History In an effort to help North Carolina facilities with the large number of cold-stunned sea turtles that stranded in early December, three loggerhead sea turtles were transferred to the…
Jan
10
loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Dare, Buxton, NCA Arrival Date: 01/10/2013 Age: juvenile Weight: 34 kg. (~75 lb.) Case History In an effort to help North Carolina facilities with the large number of cold-stunned sea turtles that stranded in December, three loggerhead sea turtles were transferred to the South Carolina…
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