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Episode: A sea turtle with 3 flippers swims free after Florida rehab, now followed by satellite
Description: 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 rehabilitation in Florida, carrying a satellite tracker to see how she fares with only three flippers.
The air on the beach was chilly, with temperatures in the 40s Fahrenheit (roughly 4 to 9°C). But the Atlantic Ocean has hovered around a comfortable 77°F (25°C), said Heather Barron, chief science officer and a veterinarian at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach.
To acclimate the turtle for reentry, the facility kept her tank’s water temperature at aroun...