Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Folly Beach Pier, SC Arrival Date: 04/15/2011 Age: juvenile Weight: 1.78 kg (4 lb) Case History Caught on hook-and-line by a fisherman at Folly Beach's Edwin S. Taylor Pier, this little Kemp's ridley is the first live stranding of 2011 and is the second…
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green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Hilton Head, SC Arrival Date: 12/15/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 5.52 kg (12.2 lb) Case History This 4.52 kg green was found cold-stunned on the beach at Hilton Head, a unique event as we typically don't find cold-stunned sea turtles in South Carolina. Frosty was recovered…
Dec
13
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Hyde County, NC Arrival Date: 12/13/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 9.50 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 transferred to the…
Dec
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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
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
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
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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
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
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
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…
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