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Lenny the giant loggerhead turtle heads back to the sea

The people who rescued and helped heal Lenny the loggerhead turtle believe he was attacked by a shark that left him with a badly damaged flipper. But after some much needed time at The Turtle Hospital ...
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A 302-pound loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat gets an oversize CT scan, with a surprise

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida's Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise was ...
7News Miami

300-pound loggerhead found injured off Islamorada being treated at Turtle Hospital

MARATHON, FLA. (WSVN) - A very big sea turtle is on the road to recovery, thanks to specialists in the Florida Keys. Lenny the loggerhead is about 60 years old and weighs more than 300 pounds. Scuba ...
New York Post

Hurricane Erin destroys dozens of threatened turtle nests, despite no major damage on land

As Hurricane Erin pelted North Carolina’s barrier islands with strong winds and waves this week, it destroyed many nests of threatened sea turtles, burying the eggs deep in sand or washing them out to ...
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A 302-pound loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat gets an oversize CT scan, with a surprise

Pennywise arrived at the center Monday, after a crew from Inwater Research Group found her floating in the Atlantic with significant blunt force trauma to her shell JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A massive ...