Extinction Countdown
Enormous, Endangered, Epileptic Loggerhead Turtle Gets MRI Brain Scan
July 5th, 2011 |
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How do you find out why a 1.5-meter-long endangered sea turtle is having epileptic fits? The first step is to find an MRI machine big enough to accommodate her not-so-ladylike girth. On June 25, “Snorkel,” a 68-kilogram loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), traveled more than 500 kilometers from her home at National Marine Aquarium (NMA) [...]
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