MLML Ornithology & Mammalogy Lab

Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding Network
Dead Sea Turtles

Dead turtle on beach.

Leatherback turtle on Sand City beach (August 1990).

Turtle being removed from beach

Granite Construction Company and the City of Sand City donated equipment and manpower to transport to Moss Landing Marine Labs a leatherback turtle that washed up on the beach in Sand City (July 1993). Museum displays were made with the bones from the flippers and head.

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