Long Island’s Malaclemys terrapin Die-Off Mistery Solved
Back in April 2015 hundreds of Malaclemys terrapin were found dead in Long Island. The species already suffered from a 60% declined in recent years. It took several months of effort and a strong collaboration between the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) biologists and a local wildlife rehabilitator, Cornell’s Wildlife Health Program (WHP) to determine the cause: saxitocin. Saxitoxin is a potent neurotoxin found in algal blooms.
Turtle News From Around the World
Ecology
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Education
India: Over 2,000 people helped raising awareness for the Lepidochelys olivacea
Papua New Guinea: Raising awareness of the Carettochelys insculpta
Health & Medical
Thailand: Surgeon removed 915 coins from a turtle’s stomach
Miscellany
Japan: Local airline will paint their aircraft to ressemble a sea turtle
USA: Spike the tortoise is walking again today
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