Last month we received a call here at the Wetlands Institute regarding a dead loggerhead turtle that had washed ashore at a local beach. Dr. Roger Wood (Research Director at the institute, Professor at Richard Stockton College of NJ), Dr. Patrick Baker (research scientist at the institute, professor at Swarthmore College) and I went to check it out...
Investigating the scene
Dr. Wood points out the probable cause of death...
...injury from a boat propeller
It looked like it was about to burst
I probably shouldn't look so happy, but it was my first time encountering a loggerhead and was exciting nonetheless
