Fig. 7

Complication of surgical subcutaneous acoustic transmitter implantation in the right pre-femoral region of a loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta). In all images the head is to the right and the carapace is at the top. Turtle 21–0719. A Four weeks after transmitter implantation, the skin sutures had loosened and been expelled, leaving only a thin eschar covering the gap in the skin incision; B under sedation on the same day, the acoustic transmitter is seen immediately deep to the skin after removing the thin eschar; C intact skin sutures 10 days after repair of the dehisced surgical site; D surgical site 3 weeks after repair; E skin healing 5 weeks after repair, sutures have been removed; F skin healing 8 weeks after repair