{"id":5295,"date":"2001-05-24T21:04:20","date_gmt":"2001-05-25T02:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5295"},"modified":"2010-03-11T21:14:04","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T02:14:04","slug":"freedom-%e2%80%94-24-may-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5295","title":{"rendered":"Freedom! \u00e2\u20ac\u201d 24 May 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"05-24-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0Male Terrapin #1058<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0The Cape continues to be battered by waves of storm clouds off the Atlantic.\u00c2\u00a0 Temperatures hover in the mid-50s, skies run the full spectrum from dark gray to black, and the bay is churned mucky by a persistent easterly blow.\u00c2\u00a0 Nevertheless, new moon tides present opportunities to observe terrapins in the creeks and today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s low came early.\u00c2\u00a0 We waded into Blackfish Creek and patrolled the rip line for about an hour before ebb tide.\u00c2\u00a0 We saw not a single female terrapin pass through the rapids, but we were able to net three males: one 6-year-old and two 7-year-olds.\u00c2\u00a0 Both 7-year-olds were recaptures.\u00c2\u00a0 Terrapin 702 had first been seen on 3 June 2000, and then again on 30 July 2000.<\/p>\n

\"05-24-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Male Terrapin #1058 with Rash on Tail<\/em><\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Turtle 1058, last seen on 4 May, now shows a rash on his right front and right rear limbs.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"05-24-3<\/a><\/p>\n

Three Male Terrapins Scramble Back into Blackfish Creek<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite foul weather, these three fellows showed no hesitation to leave the sheltered processing case and scramble back into the chilly waters of Blackfish Creek.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"05-24-4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Terrapin Hatchling Knotch Returns to the Wild<\/em><\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Today also marked freedom for the two rescued hatchlings who were recuperating in my lab.\u00c2\u00a0 Both had recovered sufficiently to return to the wild. Knotch had survived root predation and dehydration which had killed her 15 nest mates, a deformity caused by root strangling, and coyote predation of her nest.\u00c2\u00a0 A week of treatment with heat and humidity, and she seemed as good as new, raring to break for freedom.\u00c2\u00a0 I returned her to the Lieutenant Island nursery habitat and watched her weave her way into the dense marsh vegetation.\u00c2\u00a0 I defy anyone to find a trace of her former carapace deformity.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"05-24-5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Terrapin Hatchling Terry Released by Wellfleet Bay Naturalists<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Terry, the desiccated hatchling found blindly crawling along the Goose Pond Trail by a group of Maryland high schoolers, also had recovered enough to earn her release.\u00c2\u00a0 Today was turtle day for the naturalists\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 training class at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.\u00c2\u00a0 After a lecture on box turtles and terrapins, several of the students braved rain, wind, and chill to see Terry off in the salt marsh near Try Island.\u00c2\u00a0 Despite weather conditions, releases are the brightest moments for budding naturalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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