Three rehabilitated sea turtles return to the water at Folly Beach
The South Carolina Aquarium released loggerhead Honey and Kemp's ridleys Hope and Buffalo at Folly Beach, releases 497 through 499, with the 500th still ahead.
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The South Carolina Aquarium put three rehabilitated sea turtles back in the ocean at Folly Beach, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums reported. Loggerhead Honey and Kemp's ridleys Hope and Buffalo were releases 497, 498, and 499. The aquarium's count is one release short of 500.
The three names are individual animals that finished care and went into the water, not a forecast for every turtle still in treatment. The next number the aquarium is watching is 500.
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The South Carolina Aquarium takes in sea turtles that are hurt or sick, cares for them, and lets them go when they are ready. At Folly Beach, near Charleston, the aquarium released three turtles. Honey is a loggerhead. Hope and Buffalo are Kemp's ridleys, a smaller kind of sea turtle. Those three releases were numbers 497, 498, and 499 in the aquarium's count. Number 500 is still to come. Each number is one turtle that made it back to the ocean after time in rehabilitation, which means care until an animal can live on its own again.
- Why would a sea turtle need people to care for it before it can swim away?
- What is the difference between counting one release and counting five hundred?
- What can people do on a beach to leave room for turtles?
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