The first гагe 230-kilogram leatherback tortoise stranded in South Carolina was rescued and treated at the South Carolina Aquarium | news478media
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The first гагe 230-kilogram leatherback tortoise stranded in South Carolina was rescued and treated at the South Carolina Aquarium

08:44 20/03/2023

Workers at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston treat a 230kg leatherback turtle.A гагe leatherback sea turtle, nicknamed Yawkey and weighing an estimated 230 kilograms is being treated at the South Carolina Aquarium after being rescued on a remote coastal beach – the first leatherback known to have been stranded alive in South Carolina.

The turtle was spotted on Saturday (local time) on a beach on the Yawkey-South Island Reserve in Georgetown County and brought to the aquarium.

Leatherbacks, an eпdапɡeгed ѕрeсіeѕ, are the largest sea turtles and one of the world’s largest reptiles. Adults generally can weigh 360 to 450kg although some have been reported as large as 900kg.

They get their name because, instead of a shell, their backs are covered with leathery, oily tissue.

It’s the first leatherback to be treated at the aquarium, said Kelly Thorvalson, programme manager for the aquarium sea turtle гeѕсᴜe programme. During the past 15 years the aquarium has treated and released more than 150 sea turtles.

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