{"id":473,"date":"2010-06-24T16:47:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/?p=473"},"modified":"2014-05-11T21:41:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T01:41:13","slug":"what-to-do-if-you-see-a-sea-turtle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/what-to-do-if-you-see-a-sea-turtle\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do if you see a Sea Turtle"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATTENTION ALL VACATIONERS<\/strong><\/h1>\n

What to do if you see a Sea Turtle on Holden Beach<\/p>\n

The Holden Beach Turtle Patrol<\/strong> has been having a record number of false crawls this season \u2013 a female comes ashore to lay a nest then gets frightened away and leaves the beach without laying a nest; most likely \u201cdropping\u201d her eggs at sea.\u00a0 Our loggerhead sea turtles are a threatened\/endangered species and harassing them in any way is a punishable offense. There have been reports of people taking flash pictures and shining lights in the turtle\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

We think beach goers just need to be educated in what to do when you see a sea turtle coming ashore while you walk the beach at night.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

DO NOT TAKE FLASH PHOTOS<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 this disorients the turtle and frightens her.\u00a0 Her eyes are used to seeing things under dark water!\u00a0 Pick up a red cover to cover your flashlights at any local realtor or at Town Hall!<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

KEEP QUIET<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 again sea turtles are used to being under water.\u00a0 Noise frightens them!<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

DO NOT TOUCH or GET CLOSE TO HER<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 she is a wild creature of the sea.\u00a0 While she is slow on land, instinct is to lay her nests on shore and she must \u2018lumber\u2019 on sand to dig and lay her eggs.<\/p>\n

CALL 911 or our HOLDEN BEACH SEA TURTLE STRANDING # 910-754-0766<\/h2>\n

and wait for a return call \u2013 note your beach address; a team will be there ASAP.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

STAND BACK AND WATCH QUIETLY<\/span><\/strong>– let this awesome creature \u2018do her thing\u2019!<\/p>\n

You can learn more about our sea turtles by attending Turtle Talk every Wednesday at 7:00 at Town Hall (till Aug. 11) or by visiting our website\u00a0 hbturtlewatch.org<\/p>\n

Thank You!
\nHolden Beach Turtle Patrol<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Holden Beach Turtle Patrol has seen a worryingly high rate of false crawls during this 2010 season. If you happen to see a Turtle on Holden Beach, be sure to follow these steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions\/477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}