Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Griffin Island, Duck Harbor Landing, MA Arrival Date: 01/15/2012 Age: juvenile Weight: 4.56 kg (~10 lb) Case History Mason 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…
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Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Great Island, Wellfleet Harbor, MA Arrival Date: 01/15/2012 Age: juvenile Weight: 3.56 kg (~8 lb) Case History Sampson 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…
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15
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…
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15
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…
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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…
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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…
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21
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…
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21
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…
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12
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,…
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09
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…
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