Imagine waking up and finding 64 baby sea turtles at a backyard swimming pool in the Florida Keys and they were trapped in chlorinated water. The shocked homeowner in Florida looked more closely and was completely stunned to discover that their pool had been taken over by baby sea turtles. The pool immediately turned into an unexpected rescue site and all turtles were rushed to The Turtle Hospital for care and later released into the ocean, reports Ecoticias.
The Turtle Hospital revealed that the likely reason they ended up in the pool was artificial nighttime lighting, which can confuse newly hatched turtles and make them move away from the ocean. Even general manager Bette Zirkelbach was surprised by the number of turtles involved. “It’s the most I’ve seen in a swimming pool, for sure,” she told The Dodo.
