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Rare hybrid sea turtle released back into the ocean after rescue

Popular Science·Margherita Bassi·5 months ago
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Scientists will monitor Earl Grey’s progress. Image: Jekyll Island Authority

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A unique turtle is officially getting a second chance at life in the big blue. Last month we reported on a special resident at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center in Jekyll Island, Georgia: a first-generation hybrid sea turtle, the child of a Loggerhead sea turtle father ( Caretta caretta ) and a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle ( Lepidochelys kempii ) mother.…

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