{"id":6856,"date":"2010-07-13T20:55:26","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T01:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=6856"},"modified":"2010-11-14T13:56:09","modified_gmt":"2010-11-14T18:56:09","slug":"miracle-of-survival-2728-reappears-year-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=6856","title":{"rendered":"Miracle of Survival: #2728 Reappears Year Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-999-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6858\" title=\"2728 13 Jul 2010 999 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-999-480.jpg\" alt=\"2728 13 Jul 2010 999 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-999-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-999-480-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Female Terrapin One Year After Near Fatal Injury<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On July 18th, 2009 young female terrapin #2728 nearly lost her life.\u00c2\u00a0 She came ashore on Lieutenant Island in Wellfleet Bay to return to her natal site to deposit\u00c2\u00a0the next generation of threatened diamondback terrapins.\u00c2\u00a0 Instead, she was run over, her shell was broken and crushed.\u00c2\u00a0 Rather than giving up the quest, she crawled bleeding and dehydrated to the end of Marsh Road and spent the night digging through a compacted gravel driveway to lay her eggs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-001-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6875\" title=\"2728 001 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"2728 001 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-001-480-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Female Terrapin Immediately After Near Fatal Injury<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her epic struggle became a page one story on several Cape Cod newspapers and was documented on Turtle Journal under the posting:\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"Permanent Link to Turtle Bests Odds to Win Epic Struggle to Save Offspring\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=2901\" target=\"_blank\">Turtle Bests Odds to Win Epic Struggle to Save Offspring<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 After assessing her injuries and cleansing her wounds, Turtle Journal&#8217;s Don Lewis decided that her best chance of survival was an immediate return to the healthy terrapin habitat surrounding Lieutenant Island.\u00c2\u00a0 (You can see her release in a video clip in the July 2009 posting or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3XBcF4tIgi4&amp;feature=player_embedded\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.)\u00c2\u00a0 That decision was not universally applauded by\u00c2\u00a0others who thought she should have been admitted for long-term medical care and rehabilitation, instead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-001-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6869\" title=\"2728 13 Jul 2010 001 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"2728 13 Jul 2010 001 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-001-480-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Compare Healed\u00c2\u00a0Right Side Carapace Today<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fortunately, this afternoon Sue Wieber Nourse of Turtle Journal recaptured Terrapin #2728 in Loagy Bay on the east side of Lieutenant Island.\u00c2\u00a0 Her healing and recovery over the last 12 months has been nothing short of miraculous.\u00c2\u00a0 Her\u00c2\u00a0length increased by only 1.5 millimeters &#8230; a mere 1% growth, BUT her weight jumped from 724 grams after her accident and depositing eggs in July 2009 to 925 grams today (nearly 30% improvement).\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Her behavior was normal and healthy; her broken shell had sealed and healed.\u00c2\u00a0 In the series of before and after images that follow, you can examine the extent of her recovery in almost exactly one year, nearly 7 months of which was spent in deep brumation under the oozy bottom of Wellfleet Harbor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-002-cropped-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6874\" title=\"2728 002 cropped 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-002-cropped-480.jpg\" alt=\"2728 002 cropped 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-002-cropped-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-002-cropped-480-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Left Bridge July 2009<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-002-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6868\" title=\"2728 13 Jul 2010 002 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-002-480.jpg\" alt=\"2728 13 Jul 2010 002 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-002-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-002-480-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Left Bridge July 2010<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-003-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6873\" title=\"2728 003 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-003-480.jpg\" alt=\"2728 003 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-003-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-003-480-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Right Bridge July 2009<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-003-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6867\" title=\"2728 13 Jul 2010 003 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-003-480.jpg\" alt=\"2728 13 Jul 2010 003 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-003-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-003-480-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Right Bridge July 2010<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-005-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6871\" title=\"2728 005 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-005-480.jpg\" alt=\"2728 005 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-005-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-005-480-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Right Bridge July 2009<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-005-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6865\" title=\"2728 13 Jul 2010 005 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-005-480.jpg\" alt=\"2728 13 Jul 2010 005 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-005-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-005-480-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Right Bridge July 2010<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-006-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6870\" title=\"2728 006 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-006-480.jpg\" alt=\"2728 006 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-006-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-006-480-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">\u00c2\u00a0<strong><em>Right Bridge July 2009<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-006-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6864\" title=\"2728 13 Jul 2010 006 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-006-480.jpg\" alt=\"2728 13 Jul 2010 006 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-006-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2728-13-Jul-2010-006-480-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Right Bridge July 2010<\/em><\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n   google_ad_client = \"pub-6174531794045772\"; \/* TJ adds, 336x280, created 11\/14\/10 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"5313686105\"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 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