A green sea turtle with viral tumors called fibropapilloma, The Turtle Hospital, Marathon, Florida, USA

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Sue Schaf, assistant director of The Turtle Hospital, holds a green sea turtle displaying viral tumors (on the undersides of its flippers) called fibropapilloma. The hospital, the only one of its kind that's state-certified to treat sea turtles, will soon perform surgery to remove the growths, enabling the turtle to return to the wild, Marathon, Florida, USA

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