CAPE COD TIMES (Hyannis, Massachusetts) 29 November 13 Thanksgiving herring for rescued turtle
Quincy (AP): It was a tasty Thanksgiving meal of herring for one very lucky loggerhead sea turtle.
The 175-pound turtle was rescued from a beach in Brewster last weekend after she was discovered caked in mud and barnacles and hunkering down low in the water column to avoid the frigid temperatures that gripped the New England region.
The near-adult female is the second-largest turtle ever rescued during the annual November and December "cold-stunning season" on Cape Cod.
New England Aquarium veterinarians believe the turtle has probably been debilitated since the summer with an underlying medical condition that kept her from migrating south.
Officials said the stranding season has gotten off to a fast start with nearly 70 hypothermic sea turtles brought to the aquarium's sea turtle hospital in the old Quincy shipyard.
Eighteen animals have been warmed, stabilized and shipped to rehab facilities.
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