Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center
Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center
Amazing Sea Turtle Rescue - North Carolina’s Sea Turtle Hospital
The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is located in Surf City, North Carolina. Since their opening in the mid-90s, the hospital has released over one thousand sea turtles back to the ocean. The hospital is dedicated to saving the sea turtle… nearly every kind of sea turtle is considered endangered. The hospital offers tours and accepts donations. For more information, visit:
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Topsail Island Turtle Release 9-2016
The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center released 5 Turtles Thursday September 8th 2016 at Surf City Beach, Topsail Island North Carolina with many volunteers and spectators in attendance.
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Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue & Rehabilitation Center
PO Box 3012
822 Carolina Ave.
Topsail Beach NC 28445
(Soon to be relocated to their new facility on Community Center Dr. Surf City)
910-328-3377
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The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is affectionately known simply as the Turtle Hospital. It is the passion and inspiration of one person, Jean Beasley, Animal Planet's 2007 Hero of the Year. Jean named the hospital in memory of her daughter's efforts to save the sea turtles. Jean's efforts have brought international attention to the uncertain future of sea turtles. Every day dedicated and tireless volunteers and interns care for dozens of injured and sick turtles.
But the best part of these efforts is the turtle releases. Once the turtles are fit to return to the sea, the fun begins. It is controlled chaos readying, weighing and tagging the turtles. A convoy of trucks head to the beach as hundreds of people make way for the procession of turtle after turtle of all different sizes as they are carried by hand to the water.
You may not get to experience the emotional scene since the releases only happen 2-3 times a year. But you can visit the facility each year to see the turtles, hear their stories and learn what you can do to help. The center is an all volunteer group and receives no state or federal funding. Therefore, they operate on a modest budget based on fundraising & donations.
Releasing October
October, a loggerhead sea turtle, is released on Topsail Island by the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. June 4, 2015.
Wild Horses at North Carolina Outer Banks
Wild Spanish Mustangs at Carova Beach, Corolla, North Carolina
In late September, 2019, we drove to Knotts Island, located along the western shores of the Back Bay in northeastern North Carolina. From the marina, we met up with our local guide, who took us via small powered boat across the Back Bay to the remote community of Carova Beach, on the Outer Banks. Carova Beach can only be reached by boat or by 4x4 vehicles. The isolated community is surrounded by various National Wildlife Refuges, and it is here that one of the largest herds of wild Spanish Mustangs reside. Our guide showed us around the area by boat and by 4wd truck. We appreciated the fantastic scenery of the area as well as observing dozens of wild horses. We even briefly entered False Cape State Park in Virginia.
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Topsail Island
Topsail Island is a 26-mile long barrier island off the coast of North Carolina, USA just south of Camp Lejeune, the Bogue Banks, and the Outer Banks. It contains the communities of North Topsail Beach, Surf City and Topsail Beach. Along with its thick maritime forests, Topsail Island is also a sanctuary for sea turtles and known for its beautiful beaches. The island lies in Onslow County in the north, and in Pender County in the south. There are only two ways on and off the island: the first is a high rise bridge on the North End and the second is a swing bridge into Surf City.
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Sea turtle | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:00:23 1 Description
00:01:44 2 Taxonomy and evolution
00:03:12 2.1 Cladogram
00:03:30 3 Distribution and habitat
00:04:44 4 Life cycle
00:08:11 5 Physiology
00:08:20 5.1 Osmoregulation
00:09:55 5.2 Thermoregulation
00:10:36 5.3 Diving physiology
00:11:37 5.4 Fluorescence
00:12:53 6 Ecology
00:13:02 6.1 Diet
00:14:01 6.2 Relationship with humans
00:17:28 6.3 Importance to ecosystems
00:19:04 6.4 Conservation status and threats
00:20:56 6.4.1 Management
00:23:07 6.4.2 Predators and disease
00:24:12 6.4.3 Bycatch
00:25:09 6.4.4 Beach development
00:26:01 6.4.5 Poaching
00:26:57 6.4.6 Marine debris
00:27:16 6.4.7 Climate change
00:27:47 6.4.8 Oil spills
00:28:10 6.4.9 Rehabilitation
00:28:47 6.5 Symbiosis with barnacles
00:31:56 7 See also
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Sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea), sometimes called marine turtles, are reptiles of the order Testudines and of the suborder Cryptodira. The seven existing species of sea turtles are the green sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, Kemp's ridley sea turtle, olive ridley sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, flatback sea turtle, and leatherback sea turtle.
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