Ponce Inlet, FL- Enjoy some close encounters with endangered sea turtles and other
marine life during the 15th annual Turtle Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 29, at the Marine Science Center, 100 Lighthouse Drive,
Ponce Inlet.
Animal rehabilitation staff will explain how they care for injured
birds and sea turtles, while vendors will sell food, beverages and
frozen custard. Exhibitors from regional conservation organizations will
provide information on projects throughout the area. Other activities
will include face painting, crafts and live music.
Attendees can meet glove-trained birds of prey and get their hands wet
in the center’s touch pool, which features cownose rays and hermit
crabs.
Admission to the Marine Science Center and Turtle Day events will be
free. Turtle Day is sponsored by Tortugas Care Charity Foundation of the
Daytona Tortugas; Ritter’s Frozen Custard; Bass Pro Shops; Alexis
Lenssen, CFP, Raymond James; and the Friends of Marine Science Center.
The Marine Science Center is an environmental learning center providing
rehabilitation for sick and injured sea turtles and seabirds. Visitors
can learn about marine life in the center’s exhibit hall, which
includes a 1,400-gallon touch pool, a 5,000-gallon artificial reef
aquarium, living reef, octopus and moray eel exhibits, and a gift shop.
They also can watch turtles and birds receive specialized care, visit
habitats for bald eagles and wading birds, walk along the nature trail,
and climb the observation tower.
Since opening in 2002, the Marine Science Center has cared for more
than 17,000 sea turtles and more than 1,300 gopher tortoises, freshwater
turtles and snakes. The Mary Keller Seabird Rehabilitation Facility at
the Marine Science Center has received more than 13,000 birds since
opening in 2004.
For more information, call the Marine Science Center at 386-304-5545 or
visit www.marinesciencecenter.com.
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