Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Behind the scenes at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center

Gwyneth stands upright, supported by one member of her medical team as another scrapes what looks like blue cotton candy out of cracks in her shell with a pointed metal tool. The yellow slider is stoic, silently opening her mouth, whether wishing to bite or scream I can’t tell. She’s endured a lot of medical attention at the Georgia Sea Turtle Rescue Center since being hit by a car on Jekyll Island. The impact fractured both her carapace and her plastron—that is, her top and bottom shells. My...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/behind-the-scenes-at-the-georgia-sea-turtle-center
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