{"id":715765,"date":"2026-06-20T16:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T16:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/715765\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T16:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T16:01:13","slug":"pawleys-island-residents-spot-day-nester-sea-turtle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/715765\/","title":{"rendered":"Pawleys Island residents spot &#8216;day-nester&#8217; sea turtle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PAWLEYS ISLAND (SC) \u2014 Pawleys Island residents captured a rare sight when they saw a female &#8220;day-nester&#8221; sea turtle laying eggs and returning to the ocean, according to a post from the South Carolina United Turtle Enthusiasts (S.C.U.T.E.)<\/p>\n<p>According to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), sea turtles spend all of their life in salt water except when females lay their eggs.<\/p>\n<p>Four types of sea turtles are commonly found in South Carolina. <\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/wpde.com\/news\/local\/federal-injunction-keeps-sc-red-snapper-permit-suspended\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Federal injunction keeps red snapper permit suspended; SC proposes fall season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are the Loggerheads (the most common), Kemp&#8217;s Ridleys (smallest and rarest), Green Sea Turtles (largest hard-shelled), and the Leatherbacks (  largest and widest ranging)<\/p>\n<p>All of these species are protected by state and federal law, principally by the US Endangered Species Act of 1973, according to DNR. <\/p>\n<p>As sea turtle nests become more frequent, DNR is asking residents to follow these precautions:<\/p>\n<p>Report all injured or dead sea turtles to  1-800-922-5431.Never mess with a sea turtle, whether she is traveling to\/from the ocean or while she&#8217;s nesting. Observe from a fair distance.Do not shine lights on a sea turtleTurn off all lights visible from the beach, dusk to dawn, from May to October.Leave the beach how you found it, fill in all human-made holes in the sand, and remove all your items. Never approach or touch a sea turtle. Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>You can follow sea turtle nests in real time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnr.sc.gov\/seaturtle\/observe.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PAWLEYS ISLAND (SC) \u2014 Pawleys Island residents captured a rare sight when they saw a female &#8220;day-nester&#8221; sea&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-715765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}