Lighthouse

South Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Rescue Program

A project of South Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Rescue Program.

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Species: Loggerhead
Life Stage: Sub-Adult
Gender: Unknown
Release Date: 2007-06-15 09:30:00
Release Location: Charleston, SC
Last Location: 2008-04-11 22:13:42

Background

"Lighthouse" stranded on Lighthouse Island, SC in June 2006. He was very anemic, emaciated, dehydrated and loaded with internal and external parastites. This "Debilitated Turtle Syndrome" commonly affects and kills sub-adult loggerhead sea turtles in the Southeastern United States. The root cause of this illness in unknown. This telemetry project hopes to uncover some answers about this syndrome.