OAK ISLAND, NC (WWAY) — A crowd gathered along the coast Tuesday to watch as 29 rehabilitated sea turtles made their way back into the ocean after months of recovery.
Spectators cheered from the sidelines as the turtles — 16 green sea turtles and 13 Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles — slowly returned to the water.
The turtles had suffered from cold-stunning during the winter months, a condition similar to hypothermia that leaves them unable to move or feed. Because sea turtles cannot regulate their body temperature like birds and mammals, many became stranded on beaches in colder waters…