World Turtle News, 12/22/2015

120 sea turtles stranded off Cape Code

The Massachusetts Audubon Society volunteers have recovered about 120 “cold-stunned” sea turtles.

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Did You Know…

The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) was originally described by Linnaeus as Testudo imbricata in 1766, in the 12th edition of his Systema Naturae.

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Photo from Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary

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