Sea Turtle Rescue (pics)
 

So last week it was cold, even in Florida. So cold that sea turtles were shocked into unconsciousness. About 1700 turtles were found and rescued in the area floating on top of the water or on the beach. Florida Fish and Wildlife took them to a local aquarium and warmed them up in a pool. Today they brought about 50 of them to the Navy base I work at, loaded them on a boat and took them out to sea to find warmer water to release them in. They smell btw :lol:

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:eek: :cool: Neat pictures! :beers:

cool stuff, lot o turtles there. I read soem stuff last week about the problesm with the cold and the sea turtles.

Wonder if they would migrate south, we have spots up here on LI where some of them make nests for the hatchlings.

I think I see the teenage mutant ones...

Cool pics.

Holy crap, those things are huge! Did you just throw them overboard or do you go out and gently place them back in the water?

Wonder if karen would let me keep one in the pool :lol:

she already said no to the alligator.

Haven't seen those since I was living on St. Croix.
One of the beaches there was a protected nesting area and you could go on nighttime turtle watch type excursions.

I have never run in to it on the west coast of FL, though there were turtles rescued here as well, but on the east coast during certain times of year the hotels make you keep your blinds closed so no light can get to the beach. It has something to do with the turtles getting confused and moving toward lights instead of to the ocean.

Or perhaps it gives predators (seabirds, etc) an unfair advantage?
Actually, I can see where light would affect them if the water is to the east. They might interpret the hotel lights to be the rising sun on the horizon. :idk:

Wow those are big! That's pretty cool you got to release some of them.

Yea turtles can smell, had two painted turtles when I was younger, only lasted 2 months before mom made me take them back to the lake.

That is too cool, I read the article, said the Gulfarium there in FWB took in quite a few for rehab and return. Good job!

I haven't heard about this. It's cool they were able to bring them in like that.

Those turtles should have been left alone.

Do people not understand what evolution by NATURAL selection means?

That's really neat!! Thanks for sharing!

Theyre pretty gentle with them. They place them in the water and let them swim away.

Cold weather might be natural but the pollution and human development that put them near the edge of extinction isnt. Weve killed off enough of them that on our own that we cant afford to let 1700 die if we can help it, even if it was a natural cause.

Exactly.

If you think the state of our Oceans has anything to do with natural selection, you're dead wrong.

We've been dumping our crap in the Seas since the beginning. We always thought that they were so vast, that they could absorb whatever we tossed in. We were wrong, and it's not just turtles that are at risk.

Without the Oceans, there is no Earth. End of story.

JC

Can we get an AMEN?!!

Human development isn't natural?

Tell that to the millions of cyanobacteria that created an oxygen rich environment killing of the primary inhabitants on earth.

Humans are natural. Like it or not.

Is this what you call "Natural"?

JC

Congrats on not answering the question. Where in Florida is that?

Ignoratio elenchi: An irrelevant conclusion or irrelevant thesis

Some of those suckers are big!

Smallpox and polio were natural, too

Seems like we shouldn't have invented those vaccines, it screwed up natural selection.

Congrats on not understanding that the Oceans are connected.

No, that's not Florida. It's just a random photo of the kind of shit us "Natural" humans dump in the sea on a regular basis. The only difference between third world countries and us, is the distance from shore we dump our trash.

So, you want an answer, here you go:

Did Humans evolve naturally? It depends on how you look at it. On one hand, you could say no, because as we developed, we got smarter, and invented all kinds of wonderful chemicals that were not present in nature until we found ways to mix them together. Those chemicals went on save many of us, who would have died without them.

On the other hand, you could argue that it is because of our earlier evolution, that we were finally able to come up with all those chemicals in the first place. Both views could be considered accurate.

If it's your contention, that since we are smarter than turtles, they should just have to "deal with" the shit we throw at them, and other marine species, then you are a shortsighted fool.

On a final note, save your High School Latin for someone else. I'm not impressed.

JC

I've read enough of your nonsense on the site to know it's not even worth arguing with you.

And I never took Latin in high school. But I do know when someone isn't adressing the argument at hand.

Cool.

If my argument was as weak as your is, I'd back out too.

JC

Thanks for proving my point.

Whatever, turtle hating coward.

JC

:lol