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A sea turtle with 3 flippers swims free after Florida rehab, now followed by satellite
Pyari is part of a study tracking three-flipper sea turtles using $10,000 satellite tags to understand post-rehabilitation survival and adaptation.
- Recently, the Loggerhead Marinelife Center released Pyari, a loggerhead sea turtle, back into the Atlantic after months of rehabilitation, with a satellite tracker attached.
- The marine center said extensive injuries from a likely shark attack forced Pyari's amputation of most of her left forelimb, after she arrived in November from the Inwater Research Group for months of rehab.
- Staff said tracking provides insight into turtle movements and that satellite tags help understand post-release success.
- The center said every bit of data helps researchers studying rehabilitated sea turtles and it is already tracking two other amputee turtles on the center’s website.
- The release occurred as beach air temperatures hovered in the 40s while the Atlantic Ocean stayed around 77 degrees, and beachgoers photographed Pyari, a Hindi term meaning 'lovely' or 'beloved'.
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A sea turtle with 3 flippers swims free after Florida rehab
Cheers rose from a bundled-up crowd as a loggerhead sea turtle that survived a likely shark attack trundled back into the ocean after months of rehab in Florida, carrying a satellite tracker to see how she fares with only three flippers.
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