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Viral: Man removes barnacles from sea turtle's mouth; internet hails the act of kindness

If you’ve ever seen a video of someone gently scraping off barnacles from a turtle’s shell—or more dramatically, from its mouth—it might have stopped you in your tracks. There’s something incredibly ...
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AI videos of sea turtle barnacle removals are taking over the internet. This real footage of a rescue turtle is way more satisfying

In April, Good Good Good shared the remarkable journey of Syrena, a loggerhead sea turtle that was found struggling to swim in the Gulf of Mexico in 2025. Tabitha Siegfried, a marine biologist at ...
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Turtle found covered in more than 1.5 pounds of barnacles, algae

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 ...
Miami Herald

Baffling sea creature had barnacles all over — even on its tongue, TX lab says

This loggerhead sea turtle washed ashore in Texas covered in layer of encrustation, including barnacles in its mouth, experts discovered. Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research photo It’s common for slow ...