CAPE TOWN - It's turtle stranding season, and every year hundreds of tiny hatchlings are washed ashore in the Western Cape.
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This after the shock of the cold water and rough winds.
According to Talitha Noble-Trull of the Turtle Conservation Center at the Two Oceans Aquarium, turtles should not be returned since they are pleading for assistance when they are washed out. .