Another Turtle Recovery

8/18/18
Last night we got a call about a dead turtle at 88 Puako Beach Road but were unable to recover it.  This morning we went down and recovered the carcass.  It was a 54.5 cm CCL juvenile that was terribly emaciated and probably starved to death.  Why it starved is another question???!!!!

54.5 cm CCL juvenile turtle recovered at 88 Puako Beach Road.  Found dead on the beach.  It was terribly emaciated and appears to have starved to death.  The reason for its starvation is unclear but necropsy may help answer that question.

Later that day, during a dive at the turtle cleaning station not far from where we recovered the turtle above, we observed some pretty thin/skinny turtles being cleaned.

You can tell that this turtle at the cleaning station is very thin..bordering on emaciated.


The same turtle as shown above getting a cleaning at Puako.

During our dive at Puako, we were able to observe a subadult turtle "rubbing" its carapace.