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…
Dec
13
Oct
23
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
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…
Sep
06
loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Capers Inlet Arrival Date: 09/06/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 82.34 kg (182 lb) Case History A coordinated rescue effort by US Fish & Wildlife, the SCDNR, and SCA staff on Labor Day resulted in this 190-pound juvenile loggerhead's successful admission into our hospital. Named in honor…
Aug
30
green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Ripley Light Marina, Charleston, SC Arrival Date: 08/30/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 5.48 kg (~12 lb) Case History This 3.0 kg green sea turtle was brought in by the SC Department of Natural Resources Monday afternoon with a deep, penetrating wound near the spine. Visual examination…
Jun
20
loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Hilton Head, SC Arrival Date: 06/20/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 42.5 kg (94 lb) Case History This 38 kg loggerhead stranded on the beach in Hilton Head, SC, on 20 June 2010. Although exhibiting signs of severe debilitation, including lethargy and a carapace covered in epibionts,…
Jun
09
loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Isle of Palms, SC Arrival Date: 06/09/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 49.5 kg (109 lb) Case History This 39 kg debilitated loggerhead arrived at the Aquarium's Sea Turtle Hospital around 9 p.m. Wednesday night from the Isle of Palms. The turtle, named Palmer, is emaciated and…
May
29
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: May River in Bluffton, SC Arrival Date: 05/29/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 3.68 kg (8 lbs) Case History This 2.96 kg Kemp's ridley arrived at 11:00 p.m. Saturday night (29 May) with fresh wounds on her carapace and head, likely the result of a recent…
Apr
26
green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Kiawah Island's Ocean Golf Course Arrival Date: 04/26/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 14.08 kg (~31 lb) Case History This 8.36 kg (18 lb) green sea turtle was found on the beach near the 18th hole on Kiawah Island's Ocean Golf Course. In addition to being covered…
Apr
18
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Hilton Head Island, SC Arrival Date: 04/18/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 3.3 kg (7.3 lbs) Case History A recreational fisherman caught Surfer, a 3.0 kg Kemp's ridley sea turtle, on a hook baited with shrimp while fishing in the surf off Hilton Head Island. Surfer…
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