Rare 600-pound leatherback turtle saved from Massachusetts mudflat

The New England Aquarium released a video of a 600-pound leatherback turtle that was discovered stranded in a Massachusetts mudflat.

When the 5-foot-long turtle was discovered stranded in a mudflat on the Herring River in Wellfleet, crews from the Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and the International Fund for Animal Welfare reacted, according to the aquarium.

The turtle was evaluated by veterinarians and found to be in good health, so officials decided to release the animal back into the wild.

Before being reintroduced to the water at Herring Cove near Provincetown, the turtle was implanted with satellite and acoustic tracking devices.

The research scientist at the Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, Kara Dodge, told the media, “When working with stranded sea turtles in New England, it’s a rarity to have a turtle that is in such good condition.”

“We suspect this leatherback got disoriented in the tidal flats of Wellfleet and we feel optimistic that it will survive, thanks to the collective rescue efforts of this fantastic group of colleagues.”

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