Here’s why this man has two turtles strapped to his kayak
At the beginning of January, wildlife biologist Allen Foley had a problem: the water was so cold that green sea turtles in St. Joseph Bay in Northwestern Florida were stunned. They’d stopped moving, putting them at risk for dying. So he did the only thing he could do: he began picking the cold turtles up, by foot and by kayak.
Green sea turtles don’t do well when the ocean water drops below 50 degrees Fahrenheit: the reptiles stop moving, float to the surface, and eventually wash up ashore — where vultures and raccoons feast on them before they’ve died. (Staying in the cold water for too long will also kill the turtles.) At the beginning of January, a cold snap chilled the shallow waters of St. Joseph Bay to as low as 35 degrees…
