{"id":124783,"date":"2024-11-12T00:52:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T17:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124783"},"modified":"2024-11-12T00:52:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T17:52:49","slug":"endangered-sea-turtle-returned-to-warm-gulf-waters-after-5000-mile-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124783","title":{"rendered":"Endangered sea turtle returned to warm Gulf waters after 5,000-mile journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">A video provided by the Houston Zoo shows staff members caring for an endangered Kemp\u2019s ridley sea turtle and then releasing it back into the Gulf of Mexico after an incredible, 5,000-mile journey that started in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>GALVESTON, Texas <\/strong>\u2013<strong> <\/strong>An endangered sea turtle has finally been returned to the warm waters of the Gulf of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mexico<\/a> off the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a> coast after its incredible 5,000-mile story of survival that began in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europe<\/a> one year ago.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonzoo.org\/blog\/bringing-boeier-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">According to the Houston Zoo<\/a>, a Kemp\u2019s ridley sea turtle, the smallest and most endangered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/kemps-ridley-nests-florida-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sea turtle<\/a> species in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world<\/a>, became trapped in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/ocean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ocean<\/a> current last year, drifted away from the warm water, and wound up in the dangerously cold waters of the North Sea.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/how-to-watch-fox-weather-on-tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/288\/162\/video-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/576\/324\/video-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/video-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/video-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/video-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1336\/752\/video-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/video-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"This photo shows Boeier, a cold-stunned sea turtle, after being brought to the Houston Zoo.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">This photo shows Boeier, a cold-stunned sea turtle, after being brought to the Houston Zoo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Kevin Kendrick\/Houston Zoo via Storyful \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">And the turtle\u2019s incredible story of resilience and survival almost didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The Houston Zoo said Boeier, affectionately named after the boat that came to her rescue, became entangled in the net of a commercial fishing vessel off the southwestern coast of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Thankfully, the crew was able to save her from the net, and she was taken to <a href=\"https:\/\/diergaardeblijdorp.nl\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rotterdam Zoo<\/a> where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/what-are-cold-stunned-sea-turtles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cold-stunned sea turtle<\/a> could be nursed back to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health<\/a>. Sea turtles become cold-stunned when the water they&#8217;re swimming in drops to dangerously low temperatures.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/cold-stunned-sea-turtle-released-into-gulf-of-mexico-after-a-year-of-rehabilitation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>COLD-STUNNED SEA TURTLE RELEASED INTO GULF OF MEXICO AFTER YEAR OF REHABILITATION<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/288\/162\/video-6.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/576\/324\/video-6.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/video-6.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/video-6.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/video-6.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1336\/752\/video-6.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/video-6.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"This photo shows Boeier, a cold-stunned sea turtle, receiving a medical evaluation.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">This photo shows Boeier, a cold-stunned sea turtle, receiving a medical evaluation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Kevin Kendrick\/Houston Zoo via Storyful \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">That then leads them to become weak and lethargic, which eventually makes the turtles unable to swim and float on the water&#8217;s surface. And if the turtles don&#8217;t receive help, they could die.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">This is especially true in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/new-england\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New England<\/a>. Like many humans, turtles love to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> and spend their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/summer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/fall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fall<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/massachusetts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massachusetts<\/a>. However, due to Cape Cod&#8217;s shape, many turtles become trapped and cannot escape Cape Cod Bay to warmer waters farther south.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Luckily, that&#8217;s not how Boeier&#8217;s story ends.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/brevard-zoo-melbourne-florida-green-sea-turtle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>NEARLY 400-POUND GREEN SEA TURTLE RESCUED FROM FLORIDA&#8217;S SPACE COAST<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/288\/162\/video-5.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/576\/324\/video-5.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/video-5.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/video-5.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/video-5.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1336\/752\/video-5.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/video-5.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"This photo shows Boeier, a cold-stunned sea turtle, about to be released back into the Gulf of Mexico.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">This photo shows Boeier, a cold-stunned sea turtle, about to be released back into the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Kevin Kendrick\/Houston Zoo via Storyful \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/press-release\/2024-10\/transatlantic-rescue-mission-bringing-endangered-kemps-ridley-sea-turtle-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service<\/a> eventually obtained the necessary documentation and permits to get Boeier on a commercial flight from Amsterdam to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/texas\/houston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston<\/a>, which is where her story of survival continued.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Boeier arrived in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S.<\/a> on Oct. 29 and received a checkup from Houston Zoo veterinarians so she could leave the airport. After arriving at the zoo, the juvenile sea turtle was placed in a deep water tank and then received a detailed medical exam to ensure she was healthy.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">After researchers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamug.edu\/GulfCenterforSeaTurtleResearch\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas A&amp;M University at Galveston&#8217;s Gulf Center for Tea Turtle Research<\/a> attached a tracking device to her shell to track her movements, Boeier was taken to Stewart Beach in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/texas\/galveston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galveston<\/a>, where her intense journey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">home<\/a> finally came to an end on Nov. 4.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/kemps-ridley-sea-turtle-hatchlings-magnolia-beach-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WORLD\u2019S RAREST SEA TURTLE LAYS EGGS IN UNUSUAL PLACE ON TEXAS BEACH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/288\/162\/video-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/576\/324\/video-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/video-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/video-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/video-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1336\/752\/video-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/video-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"This photo shows Boeier, a cold-stunned sea turtle, about to be released back into the Gulf of Mexico.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">This photo shows Boeier, a cold-stunned sea turtle, about to be released back into the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Kevin Kendrick\/Houston Zoo via Storyful \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;We are so happy that Boeier was rescued, rehabilitated and deemed healthy enough to release so that she can rejoin the reproductive population and potentially contribute to the recovery of the species,&#8221; Mary Kay Skoruppa, the U.S. Forest Service\u2019s Sea Turtle Coordinator for Texas, said in a statement. &#8220;An added benefit is the opportunity to increase the Service\u2019s and NOAA Fisheries\u2019 knowledge about survival and movements of juvenile Kemp\u2019s ridley sea turtles that strand in areas far outside of their normal migration routes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Anyone who encounters a sick, injured, stranded or deceased sea turtle should immediately report it to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">local stranding network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/endangered-sea-turtle-houston-zoo-gulf-of-mexico\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video provided by the Houston Zoo shows staff members caring for an endangered Kemp\u2019s ridley sea turtle and then releasing it back into the Gulf of Mexico after an &hellip; 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