Scuttle

Green (Chelonia mydas)

(ST13036)

Age Class Juvenile
Gender Unknown
Date Stranded April 16, 2013
Location of Stranding Flagler County
Date of Arrival July 18, 2013
Number of Days of Care 99

Final Disposition

Released 25 October 2013


Scuttle, upon arrival. Photo copyright Mote Marine Laboratory.

7/19 Turtle transferred from Loggerhead Marinelife Center after developing fibropapillomas. 

7/23 Turtle had surgery today to remove papillomas. 

8/12 Animal's wounds are healing. Turtle is eating well.  Will consider release once wounds have healed completely. 

10/07 Drawing blood tomorrow in hopes of releasing the turtle in the near future.  

10/25 Released in Brevard County at Pelican Park, Satellite Beach.

Happening at Mote

Fin Fact

Manatees make sounds—in fact, they make five different calls: squeaks, high squeaks, squeals, squeak-squeals, and chirps. They even have “graded” calls, meaning they can adjust a single call to convey more nuances of what they’re doing or how they’re feeling. Think of how a cat adjusts its “meow” when startled, happy, or excited. Mote scientists study manatee vocalizations to better understand the behavior of these imperiled mammals.

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