Hurt Sea Turtle Gets Plastic Flippers

Monday, August 3, 2009 - 17:35 in Biology & Nature

A loggerhead sea turtle seemingly injured by a shark was recently fitted with "trial" prosthetics as part of efforts to give the rare animal fully functioning flippers. Video.

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