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Vets Borrow a Horse's CT Scanner to Fit Giant, 302-Pound Sea Turtle and Get a Nice Surprise

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A 302-pound loggerhead sea turtle was hit by a boat and admitted to a Florida veterinary hospital.

A CT scanner at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach was too small for her.

She was then lifted onto a truck and taken to nearby Jupiter Medical Center to use the CT scanner for humans.

But imagine their surprise when they arrived and found that it also was too big for the giant old female.

The CT scan revealed that the lady’ was carrying a clutch of eggs.

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