The Tale Of The Sea Turtle That Would Not Go To Sea

Sometimes things don't turn out as we expect. Take the example of Caton, a Loggerhead Sea Turtle, that was stranded on a Georgia beach back in 2009.

She was rescued and well cared for by the Georgia Sea Turtle Center and after some months of care, she was released back into the wild on a beach. She would not budge. Months again, after the first release attempt, she was put into shallow water but merely swam back and forth and wound up stranded on a sand bar. Then, last October, she was released off shore and it seemed her reintroduction to her natural habitat was a big success. Well, at least it seemed that way for a week; after that she showed up again stranded on the beach at Jekyll Island, GA.

What did her refusal to go back to nature earn her? She wound up with a full time job as an ambassador for her species at Sea World. For more on this story, see:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/20/studentnews/georgia-sea-turtle/index.html

All the best,
Glenn B