Our Herpetology class visited the South Carolina aquarium earlier in the semester. While we were there we visited the turtle hospital and saw a variety of different reptiles and amphibians. We were able to hold a pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus) that typically inhabit dry, pine covered habitats in the Southeast.
I want to rehabilitate wildlife so the Sea Turtle Hospital was of particular interest to me. They have many turtles that are injured and are recovering including Kemp’s Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), Loggerheads (Caretta caretta), and Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricate) turtles. The turtles at the hospital ranged from very small (just a few inches long) to quite large (around five feet). Sea turtles inhabit the all of the world’s oceans except the Arctic Ocean and spend the majority of their life at sea. The female turtles return to land usually at night in order to dig a nest and lay her eggs. Once the eggs hatch, the young turtles head for the sea to begin their life.
(Haley Huckabee SC)
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