Sea Life Washing Ashore
April 29, 2007 @ 01:37 PM (EST)
Source: Abcnews4.com
Beaching weather, it may be.
But for some researchers, not all beaching is good. Sea life is washing up on the shores of the East and West coasts. It's a recent phenomenon that researchers just can't explain.
"North Myrtle" is a 225 pound lager head sea turtle that washed up in the shore of North Myrtle beach Thursday. But something is wrong.
"She healthy and fat and doesn't look like she'd be sick," says Kelly Thorvalson, Sea Turtle Rescue program coordinator for the South Carolina Aquarium. "But she's incredibly lethargic...
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