Here is one of the youth terrapins that the aquarium has in their rehab center. I was so excited to see the baby turtles! There were also 3 spotted turtles, 2 terrapins, and 2 musk turtles. i thought that they were so cute. It was also fun that we got to hold them, i loved the interaction that we got with them.
This is Wadmalaw he is a Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys Kempii). He was said to have a degenerative disease that they wer treating with physical therapy. As you can see, when he swims he is only using his right flipper, that is because the left one still has the disease. I currently just swims in circles unless he is on the bottom of the tank. For physical therapy, the volunteers just take him out of the tank and rotate his flipper in a circular motion to stimulate swimming. (also witnesses this take place).
This is a head shot, I was super excited to get up, close, and personal with him.
I was so excited to hear that the aquarium has a sea turtle rescue program. The aquarium has successfully released over 20 rehabilitated sea turtles, currently their largest turtle is at ~330lbs, and they are hoping to release her later on this year.
Janice Craig
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