Laser therapy for sea turtles
By kingsnake.com · June 13, 2013 6:23 am
A donated $24,000 laser is helping the South Carolina Aquarium rehabilitate hundreds of injured sea turtles and another mammals, fish, and wildlife.
From the Herald Online:
An endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle was fitted with a black hood and held quietly Tuesday as it received laser therapy for a joint injury that, under normal circumstances, could keep it in the South Carolina Aquarium's Sea Turtle Hospital for as long as two years. The turtle, stunned by last winter's cold, has developed a bone infection. The aquarium's new laser will ease the creature's pain and is expected to reduce its recovery time.Read more here. Photo: Bruce Smith/HeraldOnline.com
