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4 Foot, 2 Inch Squid Washes Up On South ShoreFriday, March 27, 2015
[Updated] A four foot, two inch squid washed up on the South Shore today [Mar 27], with the specimen now on its way to the Aquarium for analysis.
HSBC fund to aid water conservation
Monday, March 23, 2015
The Global HSBC Water Programme has received funding to support two conservation projects in Bermuda.
Waging war on Island’s lionfish menace
Friday, March 20, 2015
A full-time, deep sea culling programme to help to control the number of invasive lionfish is being created by the Ocean Support Foundation.
Tracking the epic journey of sea turtles
Friday, March 13, 2015
New data about Bermuda’s sea turtles, including research tracing the journey of young animals from Bermuda to foreign shores, is to be presented at an upcoming talk.
Educational Opportunities Aboard Endurance
Friday, February 27, 2015
From exploring the surface, to diving beneath the ocean waves, a voyage aboard the Endurance brings with it a multitude of raw emotions that can embolden the most fearful, inspire the most discouraged, and impassion the most indifferent.
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A loggerhead turtle that underwent a three-and-a-half-hour operation to remove a large rusting hook from her trachea is making a steady recovery.
The turtle, who has been named Daisy by the hospital surgeons who helped save her life, has been moved into a larger tank at the aquarium to continue her rehabilitation.
Yesterday, the 60kg creature was given antibiotics to prevent infection and remained under constant supervision for the entire day. “The turtle received antibiotics yesterday delivered intramuscularly and also hydrating fluids delivered subcutaneously,” said Ian Walker, curator of the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.
In good care: doctors and marine experts at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo are nursing a turtle back to
health after she underwent a three-and-a-half hour operation to remove a hook from her trachea. (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
“Her breathing is much improved with no inspiratory or expiratory sounds that had been so obvious before. We moved her to a larger pool and are continuing to offer various food items to encourage her to eat.
“She is being monitored continuously by husbandry and veterinary staff.”
The loggerhead turtle was rescued by free divers Shaun Holland and Aaron Bean off the North Shore on December 30 and brought to the aquarium.
Doctors and marine experts at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo are continuing
to nurse a loggerhead turtle back to health after she underwent a three-and-a-half hour
operation to remove a hook from her trachea. Pictured left to right- Choy Aming,
Dr. Ian Walker and Patrick Talbot. (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
Scans conducted at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital the next day revealed a hook deep in the turtle’s trachea that had caused her left lung to hyperinflate and right lung to partially collapse.
On Tuesday evening surgeon Boris Vestweber, anaesthetist Andrew Spence, surgical nurse, Andrew Westhead and Dr Walker performed an emergency tracheotomy to remove the hook before then repairing both tissue and skin damage caused by the incision.