Loggerhead Set Free On Wassaw Island

When you work with wildlife, a job well done can make for bittersweet consequences. Such was the case Monday with a loggerhead sea turtle. Ossabaw, as the turtle is called, was delivered to the UGA marine Extension Service Aquarium at Skidaway as a 3-day-old hatchling in 2011. It was a straggler, discovered in its Ossabaw Island nest long after most of the eggs hatched and likely would have died on the beach if turtle researchers hadn’t intervened and delivered it to the aquarium. On arrival, it could fit on curator Devin Dumont’s palm with room to spare.

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