Mote Marine Visit Casey Key Loggerheads

Originally posted: August 2008

Nick Herron reported last night that Mote Marine dug out Juney Loggerhead's sea turtle nest this week. After sea turtles' eggs hatch, volunteers from Mote return to the loggerhead's nest on Casey Key to dig for information about the turtle crawl: how many eggs hatched, did any die in the nest, any eggs left, etc.

Mote found that 104 eggs were in Juney's nest. Thirty of the eggs didn't hatch, one turtle was dead in its shell and one little turtle was still alive in its shell. Mote Marine representative cleaned the baby turtle and took it to Mote for observation. The tiny sea turtle had what seemed to be a fungus on its body.

For more information about sea turtles, visit Mote Marine and visit Casey Key real estate to contact the Herron Group for your Casey Key homes update.