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Hello, I am new to the forum and wanted to introduce myself. I am currently a senior biology major/environmental studies minor at Ithaca College. This summer I am completing an internship at the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor, NJ, focusing on the conservation of the Diamondback Terrapin.

Last month we received a call 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

Sure enough could have been a prop making those slashes. Looks like a giant pinkie, bet it didn't smell pretty either. Hopefully the next logger you see on the beach will be laying eggs.
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Jeff Benfer

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>>Hello, I am new to the forum and wanted to introduce myself. I am currently a senior biology major/environmental studies minor at Ithaca College. This summer I am completing an internship at the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor, NJ, focusing on the conservation of the Diamondback Terrapin.
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>>Last month we received a call 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...
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>>Dr. Wood points out the probable cause of death...
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>>I probably shouldn't look so happy, but it was my first time encountering a loggerhead and was exciting nonetheless
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yeah it is interesting even if it was a dead one, you learned to look for clues on it's cause of death.

It's sad tho, i dont see a long tail, a female? All those possible generations, gone.
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Buslady
Keeper of 6 painted wood turtles, 1 spot and 1 reeves