Turtles In West Palm Beach

[garyyoss 6]

Here's a shot taken Sunday in West Palm Beach, came across one old Loggerhead that lost one of his front flippers.

Gary

Edited June 7, 2011 by garyyoss

[Walt Stearns 47]

Ah Jesus! It really saddens me to see our big loggerhead maimed like that. The number cause for injuries like that is a getting hung up in discarded mono-filament fishing line.

[garyyoss 6]

Ah Jesus! It really saddens me to see our big loggerhead maimed like that. The number cause for injuries like that is a getting hung up in discarded mono-filament fishing line.

 

I didn't think of that one Walt, could it have been a shark?

[Rocha 0]

I didn't think of that one Walt, could it have been a shark?

 

With the ever increasing number of fishermen and decreasing number of sharks, I think it is much more likely that it was a line...