He kept seeing green sea turtles with cauliflower-like tumors.
And it would just encapsulate the green sea turtles," he said.
A green sea turtle afflicted with fibropapillomatosis at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida in the Florida Keys.
Green sea turtles are crucial for the health of reefs worldwide, as they eat algae that would otherwise suffocate the coral.
He donned his diving gear and set up motion-sensing underwater cameras to snap photos of green sea turtles.
Persons:
—, Maddux Alexander Springer, Springer, fibropapillomatosis, Pablo Cozzaglio, Peggy Scripps, It's, Hugh Gentry, they're, salicornia, Narrissa, Mitchell Pettigrew, that's, he'll
Organizations:
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Locations:
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