May 22 (UPI) --Marine rescuers in North Carolina said they removed more than 1.5 pounds of barnacles and other organisms from a stranded green sea turtle. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore said on ...
A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.
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Why are whales and turtles often covered with barnacles, and do the barnacles hurt their hosts?
While they look irritating, barnacles generally don't cause much harm to their hosts.
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