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The Oregon Coast Aquarium has helped a stranded loggerhead turtle found on a beach near Lincoln City recover and it'll be released into the wild.

Feb 23, 2021 A recently stranded loggerhead turtle who received care at the Oregon Coast Aquarium took flight to SeaWorld San Diego last weekend. Early this February, the Oregon Coast Aquarium received a call from a private citizen reporting a stranded turtle on Nelscott Beach near Lincoln City, Oregon. The aquarium's Curator of Fish and Invertebrates, Evonne Mochon-Collura, called Jim Rice of the Marine Mammal Stranding Network, who stationed a volunteer to manage the area until he picked the animal up and brought it to the Aquarium for triage. The turtle was identified as a loggerhead. As w...

How volunteers are helping rehabilitate cold-stunned sea turtles Cold stuns typically happen when water temperatures drop below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, causing sea turtles to show signs of hypothermia. Author: Chaffin Mitchell (AccuWeather) Updated: 12:23 PM EST January 25, 2021 It took until the middle of January for true Arctic air to arrive in the United States, but despite a late onset of the harshest cold, aquariums and rehabilitation centers across the country have already been busy responding to hundreds of cold-stunned sea turtles. Cold stuns typically h...

How volunteers are helping rehabilitate cold-stunned sea turtles Cold stuns typically happen when water temperatures drop below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, causing sea turtles to show signs of hypothermia. Author: Chaffin Mitchell (AccuWeather) Updated: 12:23 PM EST January 25, 2021 It took until the middle of January for true Arctic air to arrive in the United States, but despite a late onset of the harshest cold, aquariums and rehabilitation centers across the country have already been busy responding to hundreds of cold-stunned sea turtles. Cold stuns typically h...

Sea Turtles saved from cold temperatures, flown south, and released in the Panhandle Updated:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – I thought no one hated cold weather more than I did, but I’m in good company with sea turtles. When water temperatures dip below 50°, sea turtles can become cold-stunned (or shocked) by the frigid temperatures. Environmental groups often comb beaches and bays to collect turtles that are cold-stunned and rehabilitate them for a later healthy release. 18 very lucky sea turtles were released in the panhandle of Florida on Thursday, after a private jet flight from New ...