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Nicole Principe
Jul 21, 20232 min read
July 21st - Whale Stranding on Daufuskie Island
On July 21st, Daufuskie Island Sea Turtle Patrol notified our team about a deceased dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) on the beach on...
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Lauren Rust
Jul 18, 20231 min read
July 7th - Dolphin Stranding on Sullivan's Island
*Warning - Graphic In the early evening of July 7th, our team received a call about a deceased dolphin near Station 13 on Sullivan's...
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Nicole Principe
Jun 29, 20231 min read
June 19th - Dolphin Stranding in Botany Bay
On June 19th, our team was alerted to a dead dolphin in Botany Bay from SC DNR sea turtle team. This animal appeared to be an adult...
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Nicole Principe
Jun 29, 20232 min read
June 18th - Dolphin Stranding on Kiawah Island
On June 18th, our team received a call from Kiawah Island Beach Patrol about a dead dolphin that had washed ashore. Initial observations...
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Nicole Principe
Jun 28, 20231 min read
June 4th - Dolphin Stranding in Hilton Head
During the very early hours of the morning on June 4th, HHI sea turtle patrol manager and LMMN lead volunteer, Amber Kuehn, found a...
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Nicole Principe
Jun 9, 20232 min read
May 16th - Dolphin Calf Stranding in Port Royal
On May 16th, we got a call from a boater who found this young dolphin calf that was alone and exhibiting signs of injury and was...
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Nicole Principe
May 26, 20232 min read
May 14th - Dolphin Stranding in Port Royal
We received a call on Mother's Day about a dead dolphin down in the Mackay Creek near Pinckney Island in Port Royal. Despite DNR's best...
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Nicole Principe
May 12, 20232 min read
Live Pygmy Sperm Whale Stranding in Myrtle Beach, SC
A pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) live stranded on Myrtle Beach, SC on May 4th, 2023. The animal died naturally on-site and was then...
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Nicole Principe
Apr 18, 20231 min read
April 18th - Dolphin Stranding on James Island
Believe it or not, this picture was not taken by responders on site, but with a drone! In some cases, dolphins can strand in really...
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Nicole Principe
Apr 17, 20231 min read
April 17th - Dolphin Stranding in the Kiawah River
This sub-adult/adult male bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) stranded in the Kiawah River on April 17th, 2023. With the help from...
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Nicole Principe
Mar 31, 20231 min read
March 31st - Dolphin Stranding in the Folly River
This bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) was found and reported by College of Charleston graduate student, Colin Perkins-Taylor,...
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Nicole Principe
Mar 27, 20232 min read
March 27th - Spotted Dolphin Stranding in Hilton Head Island
On March 27th, Amber Keuhn, our lead stranding volunteer in HHI, responded to a deceased, female, spotted dolphin on the beach in Hilton...
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Nicole Principe
Mar 26, 20231 min read
March 26th - Dolphin Stranding in Port Royal, SC
This bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) was found deceased in the Beaufort River in Port Royal, SC. The animal was towed to land...
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Nicole Principe
Mar 24, 20232 min read
March 24th - Deceased Dolphin Calf in Seabrook Island
Warning: This post talks about a deceased calf and grief and may be hard for more sensitive readers (& us at LMMN) On March 24th, our...
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