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Thursday, 14 January 2010 06:59 |
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 A mass rescue was continuing yesterday for more than 2,000 endangered sea turtles that were shocked into a coma by freezing weather in Florida.
A phenomenon known as “cold stun” sets in when water temperatures drop below 50F (10C) because the turtles cannot regulate their metabolism. More than 750 were taken to the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, at the Nasa Kennedy Space Centre.
The conditions led to about 400 manatees, also known as sea cows, swimming into warm water canals near power plants. Hundreds of thousands of farmed tropical fish died, hundreds of birds, including pelicans, were taken to shelters and wildlife centres were inundated with calls about iguanas dropping from trees... Read Full Article by Jacqui Goddard
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