Pets

I was surprised to find the recovering sea oturtles munching down on whole romaine lettuce leaves. It's their primary food in captivity. I was surprised that such wispy food could sustain them, but it makes sense. They have a very slow metabolism, and in the wild live on jelly fish and sea grasses and moss, both if which are mainly water. They are not above stealing a dead shimp from fisherpeople every now and then for a protien boost, so they may scavange just a bit for trace elements. This place also has some endangered tortoises to do what the author is doing, keep the line going. Outback they have some other exotics that are healthy, but too damaged to return the wild. Good place to visit if you are heading to Mustang Island or North Padre Island.

https://www.texassealifecenter.org/rescue-information/sea-turtles/

There are two or three other sealife rescue joints in Corpus Christi as well.