NOAA: Cold Stunned Turtles Fly South to Recover
December 16, 2020
December 16, 2020
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 16 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story on Dec. 15:
NOAA and partners successfully transported four cold-stunned loggerhead and 87 Kemp's ridley sea turtles from Massachusetts to treatment facilities in Georgia, Mississippi and Florida.
The turtles became stranded as a result of a cold stun event. When water temperatures drop below 50 F, the turtles experience hypothermia causing the . . .
NOAA and partners successfully transported four cold-stunned loggerhead and 87 Kemp's ridley sea turtles from Massachusetts to treatment facilities in Georgia, Mississippi and Florida.
The turtles became stranded as a result of a cold stun event. When water temperatures drop below 50 F, the turtles experience hypothermia causing the . . .