Survey identifies sea turtle 'hitchhikers'
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 19:00
in Biology & Nature
These are barnacles collected from Olive Ridley and green sea turtles during a survey. "It is strange to think of a sea turtle as an ecosystem," says Amanda Feuerstein, program coordinator and research assistant at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, "but they are…they have all of these other animals living on their skin and shells."
