Hemingway
Hawksbill Turtle

Texas State Aquarium
Corpus Christi, Texas

Photographs taken at the Texas State Aquarium
By Elisa Magee, CIT NISD

Hemingway is not a Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle. He is a Hawksbill Sea Turtle.
He in included as an illustration of damage that marine debris (plastics) can cause all sea turtles.

Hemingway

Hawksbill Turtle

Hemingway was stranded and brought to the Texas State Aquarium in 1995. His right front flipper is missing. He was found tangled in plastic which resulted in the loss of his flipper.

Citation:

These images are available for educational purposes and are for use in constructing presentations for the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle WebQuest.
Please credit photographs and MPEG video:
Photographs taken at the Texas State Aquarium.
Courtesy of Elisa Magee@Northside ISD, San Antonio, Texas and provide a link back to the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle WebQuest Home Page at http://www.nisd.net/blattman/links/4/sea_turtle/1_kemps_ridley_webquest.htm

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Hemingway Hawksbill Turtle

Texas State Aquarium Corpus Christi, Texas

Photographs taken at the Texas State Aquarium By Elisa Magee, CIT NISD

Hemingway is not a Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle. He is a Hawksbill Sea Turtle. He in included as an illustration of damage that marine debris (plastics) can cause all sea turtles.

Hemingway

Hemingway
Hawksbill Turtle

Texas State Aquarium
Corpus Christi, Texas

Photographs taken at the Texas State Aquarium
By Elisa Magee, CIT NISD

Hemingway is not a Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle. He is a Hawksbill Sea Turtle.
He in included as an illustration of damage that marine debris (plastics) can cause all sea turtles.