Turtles, turtles, and more turtles!

With a successful sea turtle nesting season closing at the end of October, things in the Turtle-World of Long Key are anything but slow!

Since the middle of November there have been 2 dead juvenile Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) that have floated up into and around the KML marina. Another Green with fibropapilloma (fp) practically swam right up our boat ramp and was rescued along with a sub-adult Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) that had monofilament fishing line coming out of its mouth and wrapped around the left front flipper.


Green sea turtle with several fp tumors.


Loggerhead sea turtle with fishing line entanglement and ingestion.

Both turtles were picked up by staff from The Turtle Hospital in Marathon and are receiving care for their aliments.