Meet Calypso the Green Sea Turtle, one of the many friends you can dive with at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. Calypso was found cold-stunned in Northport, Long Island, NY in November 2000. About a month into rehab in Long Island the turtle developed a secondary infection in the left front flipper joint and the flipper had to be amputated. These types of infections are not uncommon in cold stunned turtles. Calypso was deemed non-releasable by USFWS, as s/he was one of the first sea turtles to undergo surgical flipper amputation in rehab in this region. At the time, not a lot was known about the survivability of surgically amputated sea turtles in a natural environment. Calypso was later transferred from the original rescue organization to the National Aquarium, Baltimore.
Calypso loves divers and is very curious - s/he'll come right up to you and take a look and sometimes even surprise you by giving you a little *kiss*!
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