Last night I said nasty things about Texas, but tonight I will give some Texas residents a big thumbs up. Volunteers went down to the beach in the Corpus Christi area and rescued 522 Green Sea Turtles. The turtles were in a bad way because of the extremely cold weather. Over 300 were taken to the Texas State Aquarium near Corpus. Some of the turtles required intubation and specialized care to restart their breathing.
These were not the baby turtles that people often help to reach the ocean before they are gobbled up by gulls. Some of these turtles were very large indeed. Great effort. Great outcome.
