As the boat was leaving, call came in fron the other side of the pier, we have a hooked loggerhead. Sure enough, a large juvenile loggerhead, This poor guy was in rough shape, missing a good share of it's right front flipper. The raw part of the injury was where the hook was located. The turtle thrashed around and tried to dislodge the hook with it's mouth. Several attempst were made to net the turtle, using a large drop net especially made by the NMB STP for large turtles. The turtle evaded the net, swam under the pier and broke the line.
Then, on Wednesday, Oct 25, call came that around 9AM, the turtle had been hooked again, this time around the mouth and several fisherman had been able to net it. Despite it's heavy weight, it was hauled up onto the Pier. The NMB STP could not respond to the call so notified SC DNR who immediately sent two of their staff up to the Pier, a 2.5 hour drive from Charleston.
Thus begins Clumpy's journey in the SC SeaTurtle Care Center. Clumpy arrived late in the afternoon, weighing in at a hefty 142 pounds, fiesty as ever. Quick triage, most obvious wound was the missing front flipper, thought to be the result of a prior entanglement. Although healing, marine leeches invaded the raw wound, causing an infection. Radiosgraphs showed two broken hook fragments, one in injured flipper, the other in the esophagus.
By November 1st, Clumpy was moved into the recovery area of the Zucher Family Sea Turtle Care Center. Still active and very fiesty......a wonderful turtle
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