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Updated: 03/05/2013 08:01:24AM
Dead sea turtle found on Manasota Key
PHOTO PROVIDED BY ZOE BASS
Turtle watch volunteers bury a dead adult sea turtle that washed up on Manasota Key Sunday. Pictured are John Alley, a visitor from Maine; John Leon, an Englewood resident; Jim
Greenlaw from Maine; Jim Doherty, a visitor from Michigan and Zoe Bass, president of the Coastal Wildlife Club.
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ENGLEWOOD — A 250-pound-plus adult male loggerhead sea turtle in an advanced state of decay washed up on Manasota Key Sunday, one of four recovered in the past week in Sarasota County.
The cause of death wasn’t apparent and it may never be known, but red tide has not been ruled out.
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