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7/11/08

Back Scratching for Myrtle

I was trolling the youtubes and I found this fun video of a comfy back scratching for Myrtle the green sea turtle:



She's also continuing her sound target training. It's a behavior experiment testing green sea turtle hearing. Trainers use a tube to give a quick auditory signal and Myrtle recognizes what it means and rises to get food at a given location:

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