Wednesday, February 27, 2008

February 22, 2008 pics of interest

This little one has lost his back left flipper from a shark attach
This one has lost one front flipper and both back ones, the spot you see on his back left side is the location they have chosen to attach an artificial flipper - yes they are testing the attachment of prosthesis on turtles - amazing eh?
This is one of the Atlantic Green Sea Turtles mentioned in the write up below

This one is missing a front flipper

This is Fred - the permanent 4 Star Resident

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This one appears to have all of his body parts so he may be one that was found washed up on shore due to digestive disorders caused from plastic bags. Apparently plastic bags are mistaken by the sea turtles for jelly fish, once eaten it is impossible to digest the plastic causing blocked digestive tract and infections.
This one is missing part of his left flipper, it had to be amputated because fishing line had wrapped around it cutting off the circulation causing death to the tissue of the distal end of the flipper.