Bløf had probably ended up in the wrong wave stream, Jaap van der Hiele of the Sea Animals Rescue Team previously told Broadcasting Zeeland. According to him, the cold water of the North Sea is life-threatening for the Kemp’s sea turtle. “The higher they go, the more they go into hibernation.” According to Van der Hiele, this is due to the decreasing seawater temperature. This causes the animals to fall into a kind of coma, contract pneumonia and possibly die.
Hypothermic Bløf still died, Utrecht University investigates washed-up sea turtle
