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Fish Use Turtle as a Scratching Post

Our Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, Lefty, loves his scratching ledge! This ledge is an example of one type of enrichment that our resident sea turtles receive at Gumbo Limbo. Enrichment devices allow sea turtles in captivity to engage in behaviors that they typically would exhibit in the wild, keeping their mind and muscles active. Lefty’s scratching device mimics rock or reef ledges in the ocean that sea turtles use to clean their carapace and hide under. Come visit Lefty in our mangrove aquarium or

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