Loggerhead sea turtle undergoes MRI after prolonged swimming in circles
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Loggerhead sea turtle undergoes MRI
A 150-pound loggerhead sea turtle was found swimming circles just off the Space Coast. Animal experts are investigating to determine if the turtle is suffering from some form of neurological disorder.
ROCKLEDGE, Fla. - A 150-pound loggerhead sea turtle was found swimming circles just off the Space Coast. Animal experts are investigating to determine if the turtle is suffering from some form of neurological disorder.
Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission found her swimming inside of a lagoon in Brevard County.
Sea turtles washing up on Florida s coast with mysterious illness
By Elina Shirazi
Sea turtles suffer mystery illness
Sea turtles along Florida s Atlantic Coast from Jacksonville to Brevard County are washing up on shore. Researchers say they have a mysterious illness and wildlife experts are trying to identify the cause.
COCOA BEACH, Fla. - Chad and Flip are two of about 16 green sea turtles that washed ashore on Brevard County’s beaches.
Shannon Gann with the Brevard Zoo Sea Turtle Healing Center says they’ve been nursing these turtles back to health, most of them impacted by a strange illness that experts here can’t seem to pinpoint.