'Incredibly rare ' white baby sea turtle pops out of the sand on South Carolina beach

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'Incredibly rare ' white baby sea turtle pops out of the sand on South Carolina beach

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article246551563.html

Richard

 

[DaveNV]

An animal like that will be a target for predators. It'll likely never see adulthood. I wonder if they will keep it in captivity, to at least give it a chance at survival?

Dave

 

[tiel]

We just visited the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, FL, over the weekend, and they had a hatchling with same condition. Odd.

 

[PamMo]

An animal like that will be a target for predators. It'll likely never see adulthood. I wonder if they will keep it in captivity, to at least give it a chance at survival?

Dave

Sadly, no, according to the article, Kiawah Island researchers said they chose to let nature take its course, and the newborn white turtle “crawled to the ocean and swam away in the surf” to meet its uncertain fate.

 

[DaveNV]

Sadly, no, according to the article, Kiawah Island researchers said they chose to let nature take its course, and the newborn white turtle “crawled to the ocean and swam away in the surf” to meet its uncertain fate.

Well, there you go. Hope it does well. And now I'm wondering if leucistic adults have more-than-normal numbers of leucistic offspring?

Dave

 

[Beachclubmum]

Cool story!

 

[pedro47]

Well I guess pouches will be out looking for this white baby turtle.