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frostywolf1212 t1_iycwvpm wrote

Reply to comment by Maronita2020 in whats with all these animals washing up ashore by tiffanylockhart

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.

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somegridplayer t1_iyd0m57 wrote

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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