Name a rescued sea turtle after your neighborhood, hon!

National Aquarium wants your help picking Baltimore names for rescued turtles

Edmonson? Vernon? Canton? The National Aquarium is looking to name this year’s rescued cold-stunted sea turtles after neighborhoods in Baltimore.

Name a rescued sea turtle after your neighborhood, hon!

It may feel chilly to us humans here in Baltimore, but sea turtles in New England find the cold stunning — literally. So much so that in the next few weeks, the National Aquarium anticipates the arrival of several dozen rescued cold-stunned sea turtles from New England, and they are holding a Neighborhood Naming Contest for them. Cold stunning happens to sea turtles when they are exposed to rapidly cooling waters, usually in the late fall when w…