Boston.com went behind the scenes at the New England Aquarium as veterinary staff conducted their annual health exams on Myrtle, the Aquarium’s nearly 500-pound green sea turtle who has called the Giant Ocean Tank home since 1970. The piece details the careful process of examining Myrtle and two resident loggerhead sea turtles, Carolina and Retread, and explains how data gathered from the resident turtles directly informs the care of wild sea turtles rehabilitated at the Aquarium’s sea turtle hospital in Quincy each year.
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