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Kemp's Ridley Rescue - St. Joe's Peninsula (Sub Gallery)

St. Joe Peninsula State Park on Florida's panhandle has about 6 miles of wilderness beach facing the Gulf. One morning last December, while camping there, we decided to walk along the beach at least beyond any footprints that we might find in the sand. A couple of miles into the stroll, we came upon this exhausted sea turtle maybe 30' from the waterline tangled in a very heavy wet plastic woven 'burlap-like' bag full of sand. Luckily I at least had my tiny key chain swiss army knife.

We found out later that it was a Kemp's Ridley sea turtle.....one of the most endangered in the world. Wow!

Here's a wiki link for the turtle: Press here for Link

Here's a map for the location: Press here for Map
Kemp's Ridley I
Kemp's Ridley I
Kemps Ridley IA
Kemps Ridley IA
Kemp's Ridley II.jpg
Kemp's Ridley II.jpg
Kemp's Ridley III
Kemp's Ridley III
Kemp's Ridley IV.jpg
Kemp's Ridley IV.jpg
Kemp's Ridley V
Kemp's Ridley V
Kemp's Ridley VI
Kemp's Ridley VI
Kemp's Ridley VII
Kemp's Ridley VII
Kemp's Ridley VIII  --  Happy Ending
Kemp's Ridley VIII -- Happy Ending
Happy Dancers
Happy Dancers
Porpoise Splash!
Porpoise Splash!
Turbulent Victims
Turbulent Victims
Bag Lady
Bag Lady
Lower Dunes.jpg
Lower Dunes.jpg
Dune Creepers
Dune Creepers
Solar Flare
Solar Flare
Sihlouette Pines  Luna St Joe Campsite
Sihlouette Pines Luna St Joe Campsite
Starfish Fractalis
Starfish Fractalis