Pan

Green (Chelonia mydas)

(ST14009)

Age Class Juvenile
Gender Unknown
Date Stranded February 14, 2014
Location of Stranding Brevard County, Titusville
Date of Arrival February 15, 2014
Number of Days of Care 200 days

Final Disposition

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Pan upon admission.

02/15 Animal arrived at Mote with carapace covered in algae and barnacles. Transferred to Mote for suspicious wound, possible fibropapilloma tumor.  

02/17 Upon further examination, it was determined not be papilloma tumors, but lesions due to the severity of barnacle coverage. 

03/01  Animal is eating well.

9/3/14 Released at Canaveral National Seashore in Brevard County.

Happening at Mote

Fin Fact

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