Young, Formerly Cold-Stunned Rescue Turtle Released into Warm Ocean Waters Following Recovery
Photo: SeaWorld RescueRuth has returned to warm waters.According toSeaWorld Rescue, the juvenile loggerhead turtle was rescued in February. Rescuers found the endangered sea turtle emaciated, lethargic, and suffering from severe pneumonia. The reptile likely ended up this way after being cold-stunned, a type of hypothermia that can develop in sea turtles caught in ocean water that rapidly declines in temperature. Turtles are often left cold-stunned and ill after a sudden cold snap or unseasonably cold weather....