First Sea Turtle Rescue of the Fall Season
— 1 & 2 November 2000
Shown below is the wrack-strewn beach at Crosby Landing, Brewster, Cape Cod,
where the season’s first Kemp’s ridley sea turtle was discovered this morning.
The turtle was covered in seaweed by the beach patrol
to protect her from hypothermia until she was recovered.
Don Lewis recovers the cold-stunned
Kemp’s ridley from the beach at Crosby
Landing . . .
. . . and carries it from the beach for transport
to the MAS Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary . . .
. . . where he examines the rescued turtle before
transport to the New England Aquarium in Boston.
The following morning (Thursday, November 2), another Kemp’s ridley is recovered, this one from Cold Storage Beach in Dennis, Cape Cod. At 24.9 centimeters and 2.5 kilograms, she is a tiny powerhouse who is not much interested in R&R. She tried to climb into the front seat and help me drive when she realized we were heading north to the Sanctuary and not south to Florida.
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