Turtle saved!
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Interesting video, thanks for sharing. It's good to see people who work with the sea not become apathetic towards the animals that live in it.
My thoughts are, shouldn't the turtle have a natural defense against this kind of growth on its shell? Perhaps there was an injury, or those mussels are an invasive species that the turtle doesn't have a defense against.
Also for sure you bought the turtle some time. But if the shell wasn't cleaned thoroughly and there was even one microscopic mussel larvae it will grow back.
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Nice!
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Thank you for sharing the video! Do somebody know the kind of these mussels and is it often to find them on the turtles shell?
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sorry for the previous wrong link..
Anatife
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I think they're barnacles more than mussels.
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Thank you!
Interesting information.
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barnacles on turtle shells is not uncommon, though this looks like an extreme case. The turtle could have possibly been injured or its shell damaged or even just cleaned too well. For barnacles like that (look like goose necks) to settle and flourish on a turtles shell, the shell would need to be free of other other stuff growing. Probably why its best not to wipe the algae off turtle shells or touch them unnecessarily if possible. If the turtle was injured for a good amount of time it could possibly have not been able to get to the "Shell station" (bad joke) and get cleaned by fish or shrimp etc...
or maybe the turtle is screwed now cuz you took off his awesome pikotec camou.
Thanks for the vid.
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