The world according to me....

Following on the discussion of an earlier blog, getting rid of a dead turtle is not a straightforward issue. Depending on where you are and what kind of resources you have, either it can be easy or it can be extremely difficult. This is true in North Carolina: on remote spoil islands, there is no way for us to move large turtle carcasses, while on more developed beaches, the local public works employees come out with heavy equipment to help us out. In the most recent case, I responded to a medium sized loggerhead carcass. After I took all the necessary information, I decided that the easiest course of action was to simply bury it (after painting it first, of course).

Of course, when I finished, I started to wonder how many turtles are buried on our beaches.