A team of state and federal biologists successfully assisted a North Atlantic right whale that was severely entangled in more than 150 feet rope off the coast of Daytona, Florida. “We were very concerned about this whale as the entangling ropes appeared to be life threatening,” said Jamison Smith, Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Coordinator for [...]
Recently, about 5,000 sea turtles in Florida were rendered immobile due to a phenomenon know as “cold-stunning.” Since sea turtles are cold blooded animals they assume the temperature of their surroundings. If sea turtles are exposed to cold water, around 50 degrees F, for several days, their circulatory systems can slow down to the point [...]
NOAA Fisheries Service and its Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Team successfully used sedation to assist a severely entangled whale on March 6, 2009.
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