While visiting Suzanne’s
parents, we took a bit of time to visit the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
to see some of their resident turtles in rehabilitation from illness or injury.
There’s a short walk to the tanks which house the recovering turtles
(leatherback, loggerhead, etc..) where you also pass a surgery room with a
window to watch if you’d like, and a large outdoor sea tank with local fish.
The goal of the Gumbo Limbo
Nature Center
is to promote education and conservation of sea turtles, which also includes
nesting concerns (light pollution) and the release of hatchlings that wouldn’t
otherwise make it to their destination – the ocean.
We enjoyed our visit; the
price is a $5 per person donation if so inclined, and everyone we spoke with
was incredibly nice and educational.
This is the board by the
recovery tanks that shows why each patient is “visiting.”
Easy and affordable - no matter where you are!
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