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27/01/2015
Exploris Looks After Loggerhead Turtle
Exploris Aquarium are caring for a loggerhead turtle that washed up on a beach in Co Donegal.
The Portaferry aquarium said the turtle is being treated for hypothermia. It is believed the loggerhead, which has been named Columba, may have been blown off course, from warmer water in the Gulf Stream into colder waters of the North Atlantic.
Exploris said that it had been twenty years since it last looked after a loggerhead turtle, and they hoped Columba would recover as soon as its temperature had stabilised.
(MH/CD)
The Portaferry aquarium said the turtle is being treated for hypothermia. It is believed the loggerhead, which has been named Columba, may have been blown off course, from warmer water in the Gulf Stream into colder waters of the North Atlantic.
Exploris said that it had been twenty years since it last looked after a loggerhead turtle, and they hoped Columba would recover as soon as its temperature had stabilised.
(MH/CD)
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Community Shows Support For Exploris
NIPSA has reported overwhelming support within the community of Portaferry, County Down, to lobby political parties to find a solution to the proposed closure of the Exploris aquarium in the town. More than 100 people met in the Portaferry Hotel last night to discuss the future of Exploris Aquarium and Seal Sanctuary.
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Cowabunga! Teenage Turtle In Lough
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Cowabunga! Teenage Turtle In Lough
Ferry passengers and one of the divers working on the installation of a powerful turbine in the fast flowing waters of Strangford Lough and, separately, a Strangford fisherman, have each been delighted after a close encounter with a young, six-foot-long leatherback turtle.
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