Saturday, January 20, 2007

TheStar.com - News - Gulf turtles revive under sun lamp
Would somebody please explain to these sea turtles that the problem is supposed to be global warming, not frozen turtles? Don't they read their email?

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas–At least three dozen sea turtles are getting a little vacation under heat lamps in this spring-break capital after being rescued from an arctic blast that caused water temperatures in their arm of the Gulf of Mexico to plummet to little more than 10C. The rapid drop this week left the cold-blooded creatures comatose in the shallow bay where juveniles feed. Rescuers feared the cold would kill the turtles, which weigh 225 kilos when mature, or make them sluggishly vulnerable to sharks.

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