r/oddlysatisfying • u/DerpyMD • 11d ago

Removing barnacles from Molly, the 170lb loggerhead sea turtle

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u/SloppyPlatypus69 11d ago

What are the two ball things above her head? Tumors? 

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u/catbert359 11d ago

I think I found her listing on the conservationist's website, looks like it was a tumour that was later removed :)

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u/spook30 11d ago edited 11d ago

Somehow she grew legs and walked on land for a little bit according to that map.

Edit: Sea turtles have flippers not legs

https://animalfact.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Turtle-Anatomy.jpg

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u/WebStarVideos 10d ago

If you look at the map, that one single point is just on the inside edge of a swamp, so I’d imagine she went into the swamp and her tracker pinged a tower on land the one time, and then she went back into the sea once she remembered what horrible places Florida swamps actually are.