Tom arrived at Quoin Island Turtle Rehabilitation Centre (QITRC) in May last year with horrible injuries from a boat strike and was missing a back flipper. Bob McCosker, owner of QITRC spoke to Gladstone News about Tom’s journey back to the ocean. “After Tom was named, we discovered that this cute turtle had been sexed by turtle researchers and was actually a female,” Bob said.
Tom was initially collected from Fisherman’s Landing and weighed in at just 8.5kg, upon her release Tom was a much healthier 20.1kg.
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