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The UK first ever live stranded green turtle, temporarily housed and rehabilitated at the Guernsey Aquarium before being flown to the Canary Islands for further treatment and eventual release into the Atlantic. © Peter Richardson / MCS

The UK first ever live stranded green turtle, temporarily housed and rehabilitated at the Guernsey Aquarium before being flown to the Canary Islands for further treatment and eventual release into the Atlantic.
© Peter Richardson / MCS

Juvenile green turtle. © Peter Richardson / MCS

Juvenile green turtle.
© Peter Richardson / MCS

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The Guernsey green turtle being treated by local vet John Knight and colleague for minor wounds on the plastron. © Peter Richardson / MCS

The Guernsey green turtle being treated by local vet John Knight and colleague for minor wounds on the plastron.
© Peter Richardson / MCS



Juvenile green turtle showing the two characteristic pre-frontal scutes (between the eyes). © Peter Richardson

Juvenile green turtle showing the two characteristic pre-frontal scutes (between the eyes).
© Peter Richardson


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