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The Valentine s Day winter storm of 2021 left Texans shivering in the dark, but that didn t stop intrepid volunteers from heading out into the suddenly frigid waters of the Gulf Coast to save thousands of sea turtles at risk of dying. This is the story of the largest sea turtle cold-stun event in recorded history, according to scientists.
As the historic storm plunged temperatures into the 20s, boat captain Henry Rodriguez headed out into the choppy waters of the Laguna Madre off South Padre Island. After noticing the first turtle, we noticed a whole bunch of other turtles just popping up, he says. We recovered 105 turtles the first day.
The Valentine's Day winter storm of 2021 left Texans shivering in the dark, but that didn't stop intrepid volunteers from heading out into the
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