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LonkerinaOfTime t1_iy8dg2w wrote

So sad we’re letting this happen. I hope they save as many as possible

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AmesBeeE t1_iy8o57y wrote

Former volunteer here- it’s also because younger turtles don’t know they need to go out and around the tip of cape cod so in their attempt to go south to warmer waters they wash up in the beach. Edit: spelling

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Bonesmash t1_iy8isq8 wrote

The same article also says there is more stranding than in the past. So the stranding season being pushed back isn’t helping things. I would theorize that the environmental cues the turtles use to trigger migration are being delayed, then they get trapped in the bay. I don’t really know of course.

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