Tiramisu the sea turtle couldn't even swim when rescuers found her. After months of vet care, she just returned to the ocean
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A juvenile green sea turtle found stranded on Florida's St. George Island in March 2016—weak, covered in algae, with severe skin damage and pneumonia—was rehabilitated by Gulf Specimen Marine Lab over several months via laser treatments, antibiotics, and therapy, and successfully released back to the ocean on July 16, 2026.
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