Shock

Green (Chelonia mydas)

Age Class Juvenile
Gender Unknown
Date Stranded March 7, 2015
Location of Stranding Melbourne Beach, Brevard County
Date of Arrival March 7, 2015
Number of Days of Care 109 days

Final Disposition

Shock

3/07/2015  Turtle stranded offshore in Brevard County on the beach at Melbourne Beach.  There are several fibropapilloma tumors present on soft tissue of the neck and base of flippers. 

4/26/2015  Surgery was performed to remove the papilloma tumors.

6/24/2015  Turtle was released at Bonsteel Park in Melbourne Beach, Brevard County. 

Arrival at Mote
After surgery
Release in Brevard County

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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