Sea Turtle Needs Kansas City Nickname

Just a little local nice news and MAYBE a chance for our blog denizens to pick a totally inappropriate moniker . . .

We'll start . . . 

"Mostly Peaceful" 

"The Karen Biter" 

"Swelce" 

We know anybody reading this one can do better . . . Check the backstory . . .  

"After several years spent convalescing at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, it was determined that the rescued Kemp’s ridley sea turtle would not be able to return to the wild and would need a permanent home. Enter Sea Life Kansas City. Making the more than 1,000-mile trek from the East Coast via Turtles Fly Too, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the transport of endangered species, especially sea turtles, the endangered Kemp’s ridley turtle landed in Missouri to much fanfare, even making the local TV news. Although there are other rescued sea turtles at Sea Life and around the state, this is the only Kemp’s ridley sea turtle in Missouri. The yet-to-be-named Kemp’s ridley joins two other rescued green sea turtles, Gertrude and Lou, at the Crown Center aquarium."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

A rare Kemp's ridley turtle now calls Crown Center's Sea Life aquarium home, but it needs a name

One of the rarest sea turtles in the world has called Missouri home for about a month now, but it still doesn't have a name.