Packers

Green (Chelonia mydas)

Age Class Juvenile
Gender Unknown
Date Stranded January 10, 2016
Location of Stranding St Lucie Power Plant, St Lucie County
Date of Arrival January 11, 2016
Number of Days of Care 17 days

Final Disposition

Packers

1/11/2016  Turtle was transported across the state after stranding at the St Lucie Power Plant.  In addition to numerous fibropapilloma tumors, there is fishing line in the mouth which was partially removed.  

1/18/2016  Turtle is still not eating; however, a section of ingested fishing line was defecated and cut, but some fishing line still remains ingested. 

1/26/2016  Turtle is still not eating. 

1/28/2016  Turtle was humanely euthanized. 

Scute damage

Happening at Mote

Fin Fact

In the 1950s, Mote's founding "Shark Lady," Dr. Eugenie Clark, published groundbreaking research showing that sharks can learn through training.

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