The tumor pulsed gruesomely when this turtle blinked her eye. She has multiple tumors over all soft body parts but has not yet experienced the emaciation that often accompanies the final stage of this disease. Heana rests on a coral outcropping and takes up a cleaning posture. One fish bites at the turtle's eyes. This looks painful because the turtle invariably flinches, and sometimes even swims away.
Life goes on in spite of the disease.
Here Heana adopts a cleaning posture hoping to attract some attention. She gets it. This is Hoahele's favourite ledge. She was under it at the time, and took exception to Heana's presence. Hoahele clamped down on the flipper of the significantly larger turtle.