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Thursday, June 1, 2023

False Crawl # 3 And # 4 in North Myrtle Beach

 Not 1 but 2 false crawls on the same day. While calls coming in from NMB STP Volunteers, sound promising, all Volunteers hopeful that these could be a nest. 


The crawl will tell most of the story, by looking at the crawl the NMB STP Volunteers can tell the incoming and outgoing crawl.


while hopeful and excited volunteers are checking this crawl out, they find the Sea Turtle had turned around going back into the Ocean without nesting.




False crawl number 2

Again, a promising crawl at first sight 




But more investigating shows that, while she made all the effort to crawl out of the water using just her flippers while dragging her heavy body up to nest, she has made a turn around right back to the ocean.


Towards the end of this crawl you will see two holes that were left by beachgoer's digging in the sand but not filling them in.



Any deeper and this Sea Turtle may have been trapped unable to get out.  Holes and built-up piles of sand can block or entrap a Sea Turtle coming to shore to nest.  Let's all do our part, enjoy the beach during the day, make the sandcastles, but remember to knock them down, fill in the holes, not just for the Sea Turtles but anyone else enjoying the beaches with us.


All Sea Turtles are endangered, they are federally and state protected.  Special guidlines, training and Permits are required to work with nesting Sea Turtles, nest, hatchlings and stranded Sea Turtles.

If you are in NMB or Briarcliffe areas and encounter a Sea Turtle please call the NMB STP Hotline.

NMB STP HOTLINE
843-213-9074
ANYTIME DY OR NIGHT

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