More than 800 turtles rescued from storm drains

Some of the hundreds of diamondback terrapin hatchlings (Lester Block/Stockton University via AP)
Some of the hundreds of diamondback terrapin hatchlings (Lester Block/Stockton University via AP)

Hundreds of diamondback terrapin hatchlings have been rescued from underground storm drains along the New Jersey shore.

According to a Stockton University Facebook post, the turtles were hiding from the cold temperatures over the winter and surviving off yolk sacks in drains in Margate, Ventnor and Ocean City.

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