He was probably excited against a rock or pier in a comatose state.
“But he is swimming well now, eats and sleeps. And when the break is healed and the inflammation underneath, we will turn it off at the Azores,”
Reconstruction Sea turtle Baco
The animal then gets a channel on its shield. That is part of an increasingly extensive research into sea turtles that wash up in the Netherlands.
NH was therefore visiting this week in Blijdorp Zoo. The harsh journey of a turtle washed up in Callantsoog has partly reconstructed.
As a result, researchers know much more about the animal.
The animal found between Bergen and Egmond yesterday is probably first going for DNA research into Naturalis.
After that, De Vinder hopes to be able to exhibit the turtle in the De Hoep visitor center in Castricum.
“That would be very nice, also because of the story. That a sea turtle gets lost in the North Sea and then dragged into the dunes by Vos.”