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Released Animals

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Three Juvenile Green Sea Turtles Released

Updated September 14, 2018 Posted September 6, 2018

Yarra, Swiss and Kerplunk Go Back to the Big Blue Three juvenile green sea turtles were released off Honeymoon Island State Park on September […]

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Two Critically Endangered Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles, Donkey Kong and Mario Kart, Released

Posted August 14, 2018

Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) rescued, rehabilitated and released two Kemp’s ridley sea turtles. They are the rarest and most critically endangered species of sea turtles. Donkey Kong and Mario Kart are both juvenile sea turtles and were released on Thurs., Aug. 9 at Honeymoon Island State Park.

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Three Sea Turtles Released on Opposite Coasts of Florida

Updated January 10, 2019 Posted August 6, 2018

Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) released three endangered, juvenile, green sea turtles on June 27 off the West and East coasts of Florida.

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Loggerhead Sea Turtle Release – Ricotta

Updated August 5, 2018 Posted May 16, 2018

Ricotta is a sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle who came in during our cheese naming theme. She was transferred to CMA on April 25 from the east coast of Florida. Upon examination, it was discovered that Ricotta had monofilament line wrapped around her front flipper.

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Kemp’s Ridley and Green Sea Turtle Released

Updated January 16, 2019 Posted May 11, 2018

Two sea turtles returned to the Gulf of Mexico on Wed., May 9 after rehabilitation at Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA). The sea turtles, rescued by the CMA team, were impacted by various threats, including fishing hook and line ingestion and the fibropapilloma virus.

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Two Sea Turtles Released After Recovering From January Cold Snap and Virus

Updated August 6, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018

On Wed., April 25, Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) released Zodiac and Juliet, two endangered green sea turtles, back into the Gulf of Mexico. The two sea turtles were rescued by CMA staff in Jan. 2018 during cold weather that caused water temperatures to drop and affected hundreds of sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Three Sea Turtles Released at Fred Howard Park

Updated August 6, 2018 Posted April 17, 2018

Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) released three sea turtles on Tues., April 17 at Fred Howard Park in Tarpon Springs, FL. The sea turtles included Echo and Papa, two endangered green sea turtles treated for the fibropapilloma virus, and Marigold, a critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle treated for boat strike injuries.

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Rescued Green Sea Turtle Named Feta Released Back to the Gulf

Updated August 5, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018

Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) released one of our smallest rescues, Feta, a juvenile green sea turtle weighing only 1.8 pounds. Feta was rescued on Jan. 31, 2018, after being found floating off North Clearwater Beach.

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Six Rescued Sea Turtles Released, Including Rare Hawksbill

Updated August 6, 2018 Posted February 22, 2018

Clearwater Marine Aquarium released six rehabilitated sea turtles at Honeymoon Island State Park on February 22.

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29 Green Sea Turtles Released at Honeymoon Island North Beach

Updated August 5, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018

Clearwater Marine Aquarium released 29 green sea turtles at Honeymoon Island State Park in Dunedin, FL on January 25, 2018. All but one of these sea turtles stranded earlier this month during the cold snap that covered the U.S. and reached all the way down to Florida.

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