That's one thing I like about animals: they don't lie.
"Stranded sea turtles on road to recovery, warmer waters" by Gal Tziperman Lotan | Globe Correspondent, April 07, 2013
QUINCY — Staff and volunteers at the New England Aquarium Animal Care Center packed 28 sea turtles, all recovering from hypothermia, into padded crates and loaded them onto in three large Saturday morning for a trip to warmer waters in Florida.
The aquarium saw a record number of hypothermic turtles this winter, said Tony LaCasse, and aquarium spokesman....
Aquarium experts are unsure why so many turtles were stranded this winter, said Connie Merigo, the aquarium’s stranding program manager.
Merigo’s theory, she said, is that last year’s mild winter may have caused some to stay in the Gulf Stream instead of swimming into the Gulf of Mexico....
Or the oil-soaked waters kept them out.
The turtles, most stranded on Massachusetts beaches in November and December, suffered chronic hypothermia — not acute hypothermia that comes with a sudden cold spell, but one that develops during weeks of swimming in near-freezing water, LaCasse said.
Oh, how the story schifts from article to article.
The cold slowed their blood circulation, which often led to damaged flipper tips, pneumonia, and injured eyes, he said.
Most of the cold-stricken turtles have been released or transferred to marine animal hospitals outside New England.
About 15 more will stay in the aquarium’s care for a few more months as they recover from bone fractures, pulmonary problems, and damaged organs, LaCasse said....
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Related: Time For Some Turtle Soup
Also see: Turtle is Worth Two Points in South Carolina
Whose the superior species again?
