It was originally recovered from the Ponce Inlet. The turtle was heavily covered with small and medium sized barnacles and seemed to be very weak. It appears to be fairly strong, but is retaining a lot of air in its body. No final diagnosis has yet been made, although he continues to improve steadily Isabell Isabell is a juvenile turtle that was found off shore near Palm Beach Island. The turtle has one older wound on the rear of her shell and a newer wound more toward the center of the back, along with damage to the tail and rear left flipper.
All injuries appear to be boat related.
Isabell is also buoyant and from X-rays this appears to be from severe gas throughout the intestinal tract.