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Sea turtle suffers shark bite, delivers eggs after rescue

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Zoo Miami Hospital Manager Rosemary Lucas, right, and Hospital Keeper Aid, Kristen Nettleton treat a loggerhead turtle on May 28, after she was brought to Miami Zoo's new Sea Turtle Hospital in Miami. The turtle was rescued from the Port St. Lucie Power Plant after a shark attack left its left fin with exposed bone.
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A female loggerhead turtle receives fluids as part of a treatment on May 28, after she was brought to Miami Zoo's new Sea Turtle Hospital in Miami.
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A female loggerhead turtle clears her nostrils after surfacing for air in her treatment tank on May 28, after she was brought to Miami Zoo's new Sea Turtle Hospital in Miami.
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A female loggerhead turtle is moved by zoo staff before surgery, May 30, after she was brought to Miami Zoo's new Sea Turtle Hospital in Miami.
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A loggerhead turtle is prepared for X-Rays May 31, after she was brought to Miami Zoo's new Sea Turtle Hospital in Miami.
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Zoo Miami Associate Veterinarian, Dr. Marisa Bezjian, performs surgery on a loggerhead turtle on May 31, after she was brought to Miami Zoo's new Sea Turtle Hospital in Miami.
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Veterinarians carefully collects eggs from a loggerhead turtle on May 31, after she was brought to Miami Zoo's new Sea Turtle Hospital in Miami. They eggs were to be taken to the Miami-Dade Parks Sea Turtle Conservation Program and inserted into a man-made nest for incubation, hoping that they would hatch, officials said.
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Veterinarians carefully collect eggs from a loggerhead turtle on May 31, after she was brought to Miami Zoo's new Sea Turtle Hospital in Miami.

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