Cowabunga! A lot more than 800 turtles rescued from storm drains
09 May, 2021
They’re lean, they’re mean and they’re green.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Not exactly, but hundreds of diamondback terrapin hatchlings have already been rescued from subterranean storm drains along the US Jersey Shore.
According to a Stockton University Facebook post, the turtles were hiding from the winter over the wintertime and surviving off yolk sacks in drains in Margate, Ventnor and Ocean City.
Volunteers who rescued 826 of the animals turned them over to Stockton University’s “Head Start” programme, where staff will look after and rehabilitate the creatures for approximately a year before placing them back in the wild, NJ Advance Media reported.
There are currently 1,108 terrapins acquiring care from the programme, which includes reached capacity.
If you look for a hatchling, Stockton recommends inserting the animal in room-temperature water up to the shell with a rock it can climb on to. Healthy turtles could be released at dusk right into a tidal creek or bay area.
Source: www.thenationalnews.com
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