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Park Specialist Lu Dodson and Caretta
MacArthur Beach State Park recently hosted a bon voyage party for its resident loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta, who came to the park in 2009 after having been part of a study at Florida Atlantic University. Staff and volunteers went to great lengths to ensure she would be able to survive in the wild, including stimulating natural feeding behaviors. Caretta was released just south of the Sebastian Inlet, which is prime developmental habitat for juvenile loggerheads. “We are sad to see Caretta go,” says Park Specialist Lu Dodson, “but we are confident that she will live a long healthy life in the wild. Maybe one day she will return to our shores to lay her eggs.” The party kicked off turtle nesting season, which runs through October. Last year MacArthur Beach State Park had a record-breaking season with more than 1,900 nests along its 1.6 miles of beach. Palm Beach County’s only state park is situated on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and the Lake Worth Lagoon.
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