Charlotte, a green sea turtle, was hit by a boat back in 2008. This left it with an affliction colloquially referred to as the “bubble butt,” a kind of floating syndrome that makes it impossible for a ...
Like many air-breathing marine megafauna, green turtles optimize their swim depth during migration to minimize the cost of transport, traveling at around three body-depths beneath the surface in ...
A 3D prosthetic is expected to be life changing for a green sea turtle at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Conn. "The animal has had such a long time swimming in an abnormal way that we don’t want to ...
So how do you get that butt down so the green sea turtle can swim more normally? The aquarium worked with Cromwell based 3D printing solutions company Adia which measured and scanned Charlotte’s ...
When Charlotte the green sea turtle was struck by a boat, his injuries rendered him mostly unable to swim. In addition to partial paralysis, Charlotte also suffered from “bubble butt syndrome,” a ...
Like many air-breathing marine megafauna, green turtles optimise their swim depth during migration to minimise the cost of transport, travelling at around three body-depths beneath the surface in ...
A green sea turtle in Connecticut has been given another ... To help improve Charlotte's swimming habits, the aquarium teamed up with 3D printing solutions company Adia to help create a new ...
Charlotte, a green sea turtle at Connecticut's Mystic Aquarium ... so the turtle can "level out" and swim more smoothly. "The animal has had such a long time swimming in an abnormal way that ...