Dozens of students from Hofstra University on Long Island are spending their spring break in service.
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. -- Dozens of students from Hofstra University on Long Island are spending their spring break in service, helping to rehabilitate marine mammals and sea turtles at the Marine Rescue Center at the Riverhead Aquarium.A cold-stunned Kemp's ridley sea turtle. An abandoned baby gray seal practicing her vocalization.'It's so cool how they have personalities with each other. They're like people, but just animals,' Hofstra University senior Dominique Smith-Colter said.
'I've always heard about this online but never actually done it in person. It was a really nice experience,' freshman Pearl Joseph said.The goal is to ease them back into the Atlantic. The Marine Rescue Center shared photos and videos with the students, who plan to return in the summer.But several injured sea animals unable to be rehabilitated now swim in a tank and are fed by volunteers.
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