{"id":12434,"date":"2016-05-18T14:15:14","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T14:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/?p=12434"},"modified":"2024-01-30T10:43:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T15:43:53","slug":"australia-turtle-rehab-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/australia-turtle-rehab-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Turtle Rehab Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12450\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12450\" style=\"width: 171px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160516_101412.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12450\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160516_101412-171x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fibropapilloma turtle\" width=\"171\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160516_101412-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160516_101412-768x1347.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160516_101412-584x1024.jpg 584w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160516_101412.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fibropapilloma turtle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is my first blog for my study abroad trip to Australia. \u00a0A lot has happened since I arrived in Cairns on Thursday. \u00a0Friday we just explored the city a bit, there are awesome restaurants and shops all within walking distance of our hostel. \u00a0Saturday our group went on a snorkeling trip out to the Great Barrier Reef, and Sunday we took a tour of Cape Tribulation and the rainforest. \u00a0Monday I went to the Cairns sea turtle hospital on the mainland, and there I met a little turtle named Penny, she had been found starved half to death, her shell was almost paper-thin and her skin had split open in two places. \u00a0She&#8217;s doing much better, eating very well and her wounds are healing. \u00a0I fed her prawns and cleaned her tank, and also prepped squid for other turtles. \u00a0There was another turtle there that was being treated for fibropapilloma, a disease caused by a virus which causes large tumorous growths to form all over her body. \u00a0Some had been removed already, and had been sent out to a lab so a vaccine could be made that would help this particular turtle. \u00a0I did the same today, and yesterday I went to the island rehab center, met a gigantic 100-year-old turtle named Margaret that was at least twice my weight, and spent the afternoon at one of the beaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is my first blog for my study abroad trip to Australia. \u00a0A lot has happened since I arrived in Cairns on Thursday. \u00a0Friday we just explored the city a bit, there are awesome restaurants and shops all within walking distance of our hostel. \u00a0Saturday our group went on a snorkeling trip out to the &hellip; 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