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Aquarium Rehabilitates Endangered Sea Turtle
2009-09-20
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Two years ago rehabilitators at Audubon Nature Institute found a Kemp's Ridleys stranded in Cameron Parish. Rehabilitators patched her up and cared for her after a boat propeller had cracked her shell and skull; the turtle was later transferred to the New England Aquarium in Boston.
Kemp's Ridleys are the smallest and most endangered species of sea turtle in the world. This one is 14 inches long, 13 inches wide and weighs only 12 pounds.
