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Rehabilitated sea turtle comes 'home' to SeaWorld Orlando

By kingsnake.com · July 11, 2013 6:08 am

After a two-year rehab stint at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, Mississippi, Big Mama -- a 245-pound loggerhead sea turtle -- has moved into her new digs at SeaWorld Orlando, where she'll be helping to educate people about her species and threats to wildlife. From BayNews9:
Big Mama was transported to SeaWorld Orlando from Mississippi where she had been receiving care since she was rescued after an oil spill in 2010 off the coast of Louisiana. Big Mama suffered severe bite wounds to her front and hind flippers making it difficult for her to swim properly. In 2012, Big Mama was deemed non-releasable by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and due to space limitations, IMMS could no longer care for Big Mama.
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