Sea Turtle Inc.

One of my favorite things to do at South Padre is visit Sea Turtle Inc.  It's a sea turtle rescue place that houses turtles that couldn't survive in the wild after being injured.  They also rehabilitate turtles and release babies just after they've hatched.  It actually started with a lady doing it all at her house; I used to go there as a child.

The big boys especially enjoyed the visit.  This turtle is the original turtle that the "Sea Turtle Lady" kept at her house. 

 She was very friendly.  The other turtle in this tank had a prosthetic limb, similar to the one used in the Dolphin Tale movie.

 Jonas face looks exactly the same in all the pictures of this sign.  He can be very cheesy when he's in the right mood.

 Something about this seems cruel to the turtle.  Kids hold lettuce up to the window so he will swim over for a picture.  The lettuce gets thrown into the tank after, so maybe it's ok...