{"id":4579,"date":"2000-12-02T17:44:54","date_gmt":"2000-12-02T22:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=4579"},"modified":"2010-03-02T17:57:30","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T22:57:30","slug":"first-loggerhead-%e2%80%94-2-december-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=4579","title":{"rendered":"First Loggerhead \u00e2\u20ac\u201d 2 December 2000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0020\/12\/12-02-1-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4581\" title=\"12-02-1 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0020\/12\/12-02-1-480.jpg\" alt=\"12-02-1 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0020\/12\/12-02-1-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0020\/12\/12-02-1-480-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Roiling Cape Cod Bay in December<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">A stiff north\/northwest breeze, mixed with on-and-off snow showers, drove three sea turtles onto Brewster beaches this morning: two Kemp\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ridleys and the first loggerhead of the season.\u00c2\u00a0 Today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rescues brings the total to 28 cold-stunned sea turtles to date: 27 ridleys and one loggerhead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0020\/12\/12-02-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4582 aligncenter\" title=\"12-02-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0020\/12\/12-02-2.jpg\" alt=\"12-02-2\" width=\"360\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0020\/12\/12-02-2.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0020\/12\/12-02-2-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Margot Fitsch with First Cold-Stunned Loggerhead of 2000<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Margot Fitsch of Brewster found this first loggerhead near Saints Landing at 8:30 this morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0020\/12\/12-02-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4583 aligncenter\" title=\"12-02-3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0020\/12\/12-02-3.jpg\" alt=\"12-02-3\" width=\"319\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0020\/12\/12-02-3.jpg 319w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0020\/12\/12-02-3-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Biologist Kathy Tuxbury Hefts 40 Pound Loggerhead<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">A tad over 50 centimeters carapace length and weighing 41.5 pounds, this small juvenile reminds us how much we miss our resident 3-pound terrapins and dread this back-breaking phase of the sea turtle rescue season.\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, they are gorgeous, but a 40-pounder is on the tiny side of the bell curve for loggerheads.\u00c2\u00a0 If past is prologue, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be visited by turtles in the 55 to 70 pound range for the next few weeks.\u00c2\u00a0 Time to reach for back brace and truss.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0020\/12\/12-02-4-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4584\" title=\"12-02-4 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0020\/12\/12-02-4-480.jpg\" alt=\"12-02-4 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0020\/12\/12-02-4-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0020\/12\/12-02-4-480-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Cold-Stunned, 40-Pound Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtle<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even her massive size, compared with the smaller Kemp\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ridleys, didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t save this loggerhead from severe cold-stunning.\u00c2\u00a0 Her internal body temperature registered only 34.9 degrees Fahrenheit.\u00c2\u00a0 She and her two ridley companions are en route to the New England Aquarium in Boston for emergency treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roiling Cape Cod Bay in December A stiff north\/northwest breeze, mixed with on-and-off snow showers, drove three sea turtles onto Brewster beaches this morning: two Kemp\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ridleys and the first loggerhead of the season.\u00c2\u00a0 Today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rescues brings the total to 28 cold-stunned sea turtles to date: 27 ridleys and one loggerhead. 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