turtle

[seagorilla]

saw a big, BIG seaturtle in nantucket sound saturday pm. A first for me - never expected to see one in the sound. Any one know if this is typical for this area?

[On The Edge]

Seen them in the Sound and in CCB. Not an everyday thing, but is not all that uncommon..

[backman]

leatherback or loggerhead?

Both show up this time of year as well as mola and da-dum da-dum ---sharks

[seagorilla]

leatherback or loggerhead?

Both show up this time of year as well as mola and da-dum da-dum ---sharks

based on the shell, leaning towards leatherback

[Parapapam]

We had a dead one wash up on the beach in West Falmouth last year. I didn't see it but my kids were all excited. One of the Dad's towed it out off the beach with a kayak, since it stunk. I saw the pictures but could not id the type...

Mike

[amarshall]

We had a dead one wash up on the beach in West Falmouth last year. I didn't see it but my kids were all excited. One of the Dad's towed it out off the beach with a kayak, since it stunk. I saw the pictures but could not id the type...

Mike

My only experience with them has been of the floating dead stinky variety. Man they smell bad when they die.

[Clint3240]

i saw a big one 3 miles out of scituate a couple years ago

[Capt Hawk]

I found a 4' one dead, floating on Billingsgate Shoal yesterday.

[RECLUSE]

"Typical?"- I think so. I believe they eat jelly fish which in turn like warmer water. A few years back the sound had a bunch.