And a whole bunch of nerite snails.
Found on the beach....plenty also floating in the water. Found at the same place where I had sighted two turtles with extensive FP tumors on 4/14/2012.
sea lettuce, another forage fave of green sea turtles. Though, again, this alga is alien and invasive and seems to promote tumors.
infmaous invasive macroalgae "hookweed" or Hypnea musciformis. Turtles go bananas to eat this stuff, which unfortunately seems to be promoting herpes infections and tumors. The specimen on the left of the darker purple color is more saturated with nitrogen than the lighter specimen on the right.
Green sea turtle with large FP tumors, some on the head, and an extremely large one on the rear.
Honu basking at Hookipa. In the last few years, this place has seen a remarkable increase in basking turtles. But please obey the signs and don't go within 5m/15ft...
Green anole on shell ginger
We watched this Hawaiian green turtle surface very close to shore, but it definitely couldn't see us due to it's tumor load on its head.
