The rescue turtle covered in epibionts, barnacles, algae and sediment.Credit: Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research/Facebook

One of the World’s Rarest Turtles Washes Up in Texas, Covered in Living Organisms and in Desperate Need of Help

NEED TO KNOW A critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle was rescued in Texas after being found covered in organisms The turtle is now receiving care from the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research and veterinarians from the Houston Zoo “We are hopeful for her recuperation and eventual release back into the Gulf,” officials said…

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