Because they're cold-blooded, the turtles become hypothermic, or cold-stunned, when the water temperatures drop in October and November. When the turtles wash up on the beach, rescuers bring them to the hospital, run by the New England Aquarium.
Because they're cold-blooded, they become hypothermic, or cold-stunned, when the water temperatures drop in October and November.
Saffron, a Kemp's ridley turtle, was found on a beach near Truro back in December and is still recovering from pneumonia. "So sea turtles have a preferred temperature regime, and the Gulf of Maine, in the past, used to be at the lower end of that — was a little bit cool. And now, with the warming temperatures, especially the rapid warming in the Gulf of Maine, those temperatures in the summer and fall are ideal for sea turtles," she said.
Dodge says the rising ocean temperatures are also having an effect on how these turtles breed. She says warmer waters produce more females.
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