The Two Oceans Aquarium has been inundated with over 500 baby sea turtles that were washed up on beaches by a rare and powerful storm that hit our country recently.

The little turtles are mostly endangered loggerheads and should be cruising the ocean, but instead found themselves washed up in the hoards on the wrong beach and rescued by members of the public.

Rather than figuring out the way of the sea, they’re spending the first few months of their lives in newly built plastic tanks at the Turtle Conservation Center at the Cape Town aquarium.

The Associated Press notes that the aquarium is at capacity, rehabilitating around 400 of the roughly 530 sick and injured turtles that were brought in, while sending the rest to two other aquariums to spread the load.

Read more: https://www.2oceansvibe.com/2024/05/03/500-baby-sea-turtles-washed-ashore-during-south-africas-big-storm-bringing-bad-news-about-the-state-of-the-ocean/#ixzz8ZLVDxuaF

Author: Trevor Davies

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