Visited the SC turtle/tortoise rescue at the Charleston aquarium.

ShadowRancher

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I love the Charleston aquarium, it has a really great set up and focuses a lot on our shelled friends. For an extra $10 on your ticket you can get a tour of the sea turtle rehab center (which doesn't cater to just sea turtles). Sadly I think some pictures disappeared from my phone because I was sure I had pics of of the two Gopher torts....one was blind and un-releasable but there was a female that was hit by a car that they are trying to rehab.

They have tons of DBT's, I mean tons. They take in improperly cared for pet DBTs and I think they had their own breeding program.
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Baby DBT's
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They had 4 sea turtles mid-rehab when I visited.
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DBTs on exhibit (they have a huge screened patio with native species in an artificial river around the edge)
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This was the gopher tort they had on exhibit, They had a lot of other aquatics indoors but none of those pictures really turned out. There was also a touring Madagascar exhibition with spider torts (I think I'm in love).

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WOW!! That is so cool! Thanks so much for posting! DBT are one of my dream tortoises!:)
 

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Nice. Loving me the sea turtles. Been seeing some sea turtles in the ocean while on vacation. Hoping to catch them on the beach next. Thanks for sharing.
 
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