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Kemp's ridley is the smallest of all sea turtle species, reaching maturity at 58–70 cm (23–28 in) carapace length and weighing only 36–45 kg (79–99 lb). [13] Typical of sea turtles, it has a dorsoventrally depressed body with specially adapted flipper-like front limbs and a beak .
Nearly all Kemp’s ridley sea turtles nest along one stretch of beach in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. In 1947, an estimated 40,000 turtles nested on Rancho Nuevo beach in just one day.
A Kemp's ridley hatchling, an endangered species of sea turtle, reaches the surf at Padre Island National Seashore during a public release on June 28, 2024, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
A Kemp's ridley turtle pokes its head out of the water as visitors come to the tank it was swimming in. More than 200 cold-stunned sea turtles are being treated at the New England Aquarium's Sea ...
The Kemp's ridley sea turtles were on the brink of extinction in the 1960s with low numbers of 200 nesting individuals. Due to strict laws that protected their nesting sites in Mexico and altered fishing gear to avoid accidental capture of the Kemp's ridley, their numbers have increased to estimated an 7000–9000 nesting individuals today.
Kemp’s ridley turtles, first discovered in the 1880s, are the smallest sea turtles, the DNR says. They typically weigh about 100 pounds. They typically weigh about 100 pounds.
Spectators give a wide berth as a rehabilitated Kemp's ridley sea turtle heads towards the water line at West Dennis Beach in June 2023. It was one of a group found cold-stunned on Cape beaches ...
Two months after the 16 Kemp’s ridley sea turtles arrived in Clearwater, some were ready to be back in the open ocean. “We are excited to share that 11 of our Kemp’s ridley patients are ...