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被冲上苏格兰海滩的海龟在“显著”恢复后被放归野外

  

  

  一只因营养不良和脱水而无法“活到晚上”的海龟在苏格兰的海滩上被发现后被放归野外。

  爱奥娜以发现她的岛屿命名,于2022年1月在10摄氏度(50华氏度)的水中被发现,比海龟倾向于寻找的温带水域要冷得多。

  被一个路人发现后,她被送到了洛蒙德湖的海洋生物水族馆,当时她已经脱水,而且还被冷晕了——这是一种体温过低的症状,当她暴露在温度突然下降的环境中时。

  罗宾·亨特是爱奥娜护理团队的一员,他说爱奥娜入院时状态很糟糕。

  “当她刚到的时候,她的情况不太好,她非常脱水,营养不良……我们真的没指望她能熬过这个晚上。”

  这是他第一次恢复海龟,这是英国最小的活搁浅红海龟物种。

  EMBARGOED TO 0001 FRIDAY OCTOBER 6 Marine specialist move Iona, a loggerhead turtle, that was found washed up on a beach in Scotland last year over a thousand miles from her natural habitat, at a facility in the Azores in Portugal prior to her being released back into the Atlantic Ocean, after being nursed back to health by Sea Life staff and marine specialists. Picture date: Wednesday October 4, 2023.

  EMBARGOED TO 0001 FRIDAY OCTOBER 6 Marine specialist move Iona, a loggerhead turtle, that was found washed up on a beach in Scotland last year over a thousand miles from her natural habitat, at a facility in the Azores in Portugal prior to her being released back into the Atlantic Ocean, after being nursed back to health by Sea Life staff and marine specialists. Picture date: Wednesday October 4, 2023.

  EMBARGOED TO 0001 FRIDAY OCTOBER 6 Sea Life Animal Care Curator Todd German, weighs Iona, a loggerhead turtle, that was found washed up on a beach in Scotland last year over a thousand miles from her natural habitat, at a facility in the Azores in Portugal prior to releasing her back into the Atlantic Ocean, after being nursed back to health by Sea Life staff and marine specialists. Picture date: Wednesday October 4, 2023.

  阅读更多:利亚姆·加拉格尔收养了一只在泰国获救的狗,这只海龟被冲上海滩,飞了4000多英里回到了它的家

  他补充说:“这显然不是你想要的乌龟最好的经历,但成为这样的事情的一部分是相当壮观的。你真的觉得自己在改变世界。”

  亨特先生描述了护理团队如何慢慢地将她的体温和体重提高到健康水平。

  谈到艾奥娜的康复,他说:“这很了不起。它就像一只完全不同的乌龟。”

  去年5月,爱奥娜被转移到斯卡伯勒的海洋生物中心接受进一步治疗,然后进行了近1700英里的旅行,前往葡萄牙的亚速尔群岛,并于本月被释放。

  Iona the turtle's journey GFX

  亨特先生说:“现在能够看到她走了,过上了她应该过的生活,这是一种非凡的感觉。

  “有一小部分人会担心,因为你永远不知道。说到底,这是荒野,但她是一名斗士。”

  “超现实”释放回野外

  爱奥娜被放归大西洋触动了那些关心她的人,包括托德·格曼,他是斯卡伯勒海洋生物中心的动物护理主管。

  EMBARGOED TO 0001 FRIDAY OCTOBER 6 Marine specialists prepare to release Iona, a loggerhead turtle, that was found washed up on a beach in Scotland last year over a thousand miles from her natural habitat, back into the Atlantic Ocean, near to the Azores in Portugal, after being nursed back to health by Sea Life staff and marine specialists. Picture date: Wednesday October 4, 2023.

  EMBARGOED TO 0001 FRIDAY OCTOBER 6 Marine specialists prepare to release Iona, a loggerhead turtle, that was found washed up on a beach in Scotland last year over a thousand miles from her natural habitat, back into the Atlantic Ocean, near to the Azores in Portugal, after being nursed back to health by Sea Life staff and marine specialists. Picture date: Wednesday October 4, 2023.

  EMBARGOED TO 0001 FRIDAY OCTOBER 6 Iona, a loggerhead turtle, that was found washed up on a beach in Scotland last year over a thousand miles from her natural habitat, after being released back into the Atlantic Ocean, near to the Azores in Portugal, after being nursed back to health by Sea Life staff and marine specialists. Picture date: Wednesday October 4, 2023.

  German先生说:“这太离奇了,因为她和我们在一起很长时间了。

  “这真的很奇怪,这是我在她旅程中的终点,看着她离开,进入大海,感觉真的很可爱。”

  他说,世界各地的海龟都“面临着人类带来的挑战”,即气候变化。

  在被放生之前,研究人员给这只红海龟安装了卫星标签,以便在经过一年的康复治疗后,研究人员可以监控它在野外的行为。

  一位名叫马法尔达·索萨的研究人员说,爱奥娜甚至可以迁徙到北美,因为“当红海龟达到性成熟时,它们会搬到筑巢的海滩上”——雌海龟上岸产卵的地方。

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