Submitted by tiffanylockhart t3_z8oyvf in massachusetts
sorry if this had been asked before. but in the last two weeks on the news almost every other couple mornings there has been a segment of a different herds of animals washing up. so far dolphins, turtle and now whales. it makes me sad and concerned about marine life around here rn
The Baltimore aquarium rehabs some of turtles and releases them back into the ocean. I assume other facilities along the coast help out too!
Yes and when the turtles are ready to be released often their is a chain that occurs. If their are turtles that are ready to be released north of Baltimore then those states will usually drive the turtles to the next state that have some to be released and they take them to the next state that have some ready to go so multiple states don't all have to drive south to say Florida to release them (during the north's winter.)
I have as well.
Yup, cold-stunned turtles are not a new thing. The water temperature in the bay drops later than out in the Atlantic. Turtles are cold-blooded and normally head south to warmer waters as the water temp drops but when those in the bay try to head out the colder Atlantic waters shuts them down and they wash ashore. It can be extremely difficult to distinguish a dead turtle from a cold-stunned turtle.
CCB buoy is colder than the Gloucester Buoy and same as GOM. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
When we get one of these multi day cold spells with a shitload of wind, surface temps are absolutely plummeted during that time.
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It’s cold stun it has nothing to do with the absolute collapse of oceanic ecosystems🥴
Both can be true. You make a new account to post this?
The climate and ecological issues the world is facing are very real and concerning, but this is an odd, zero-value comment. Like when someone points to a single abnormally warm season as proof of global warming (or an adbnormally cold one as a counter to it).
The world doesn't work that way, and beachings, including mass beachings have been known for centuries.
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Enjoy your fate
Imagine not being intelligent enough to articulate a meaningful response but still replying anyway lol.
Yeah! You go!
This but unironically
FYI "
Herring Cove is one of the more ideal release locations because the beach faces toward the ocean instead of toward Cape Cod Bay. A release that faces the ocean gives the dolphin a better chance of not stranding again, said IFAW volunteer Colleen Barrett, who is also a veterinarian.
What do you do if you see a stranded dolphin?
Anyone who sees a stranded (alive or dead) seal, dolphin, whale or porpoise is asked to call the IFAW stranding hotline at 508-743-9548."
In MA these are the phone #'s to call:
Massachusetts
NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Region, Protected Resources Division
Gloucester, MA
Phone: (978) 281-9300
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Massachusetts Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Phone: (508) 349-2615
New England Aquarium
Boston, MA
Phone: (617) 973-5247
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International Fund for Animal Welfare
Yarmouth Port, MA
Phone: (508) 743-9548
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National Marine Life Center
Buzzards Bay, MA
(pinniped [seal] rehab only)
Phone: (508) 743-9888
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Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
Provincetown, MA
(entangled animals in the marine environment only)
Phone: (800) 900-3622
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Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket
Nantucket, MA
Phone: (833) 667-6626
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It's ok it's just that the environment is poison.
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Profits are up though.
that was literally my first thought;(
Except it's a normal seasonal thing. Some percentage of animals get caught up in an area of the ocean where they don't expect the water temperature to change as fast as it does.
Well then maybe the turtles should be towed outside the environment.
Seeing a lot of people suggest there is nothing unusual about recent cold stunning events when in fact numbers have been steadily increasing for a decade
Well. Water temps aren't what they used to be.
Chuck Norris was part of Biden's Thanksgiving weekend security detail in Nanticket, and he went for a swim one morning.
Here on cape we have seen shit load of fish on the beach too
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Every fall/winter this happens. It's not new. Water gets cold super fast when we get some weather, critters freak out and end up on the beach.
Mid terms are over, nobody cares are about the AZ nutcases, the only notable thing is the royals coming to Boston.
Russian subs?
China
except these turtles live extensively in the Atlantic ocean, which is on the other side of the world than china.
SaltWeasel t1_iycj9n7 wrote
They get cold stunned in the bay, and then the high winds push them to shore as they float. My dad works with a turtle rescue organization