The turtle, who makes her public debut at the aquarium on March 1, will be christened with a name chosen from online submissions via the aquarium’s website.
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On March 1, she will make her public debut at the aquarium. She also will be christened with a name chosen fromUnable to live in the wild after she was struck by a boat in 2014 that cracked her shell, the turtle has what The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida, calls “” — a condition in which air is trapped in the shell, causing the turtle to float.
While stunned, they often float to the top of the water, where they are more vulnerable to predators and other dangers such as boats. It’s believed the aquarium’s turtle may have been struck by a boat during a similar event earlier in the season, Sea Life San Antonio curator Nick Ireland said.
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