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Hundreds of helpless cold-stunned sea turtles rescued by Navy pilots and pickup trucks
WaPo via MSN ^ | 18 Feb 2021 | Alex Horton

Posted on 02/18/2021 5:02:30 PM PST by blueplum

The deadly winter storm that swept across Texas and parts of the South knocked out power and water for millions. It also created a catastrophe for animals statewide — including for sea turtles prone to freezing in frigid waters.

...“It was like an apocalypse of turtles littered on the beach,” Bellamy told The Washington Post in a phone interview Thursday.

More than 800 turtles have since been plucked from Laguna Madre by a ragtag group of about 50 Navy pilots and flight students, military spouses, family members and military retirees, said Biji Pandisseril, the Navy installation’s environmental manager. More turtles are still coming in...

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weather
KEYWORDS: corpuschristinas; freeze; navy; reptiles; sealife; seaturtles; texas; turtles; usn; weather
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To: wardaddy

The nut jobs at PETA agree with you completely. I don’t.


21 posted on 02/19/2021 7:59:32 AM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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