Olive

Green (Chelonia mydas)

Age Class Juvenile
Gender Unknown
Date Stranded March 19, 2015
Location of Stranding Volusia County, Florida
Date of Arrival March 19, 2015
Number of Days of Care 231 days

Final Disposition

Olive

3/19/15 Turtle was found emaciated with lots of barnacles, abrasions on its plastron, numerous small lesion on ventral side, and what looks to be small papilloma tumors.

11/04/2015  Turtle was released off New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County. 

Olive released off New Smyrna Beach on 04 November 2015

Happening at Mote

Fin Fact

Sea turtles lay thousands of nests on southwest Florida beaches each summer. On Longboat Key through Venice, Florida, Mote scientists have documented sea turtle nesting since 1982!

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