Fig. 8

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 21–0838. A Seven weeks after transmitter implantation; the majority of skin sutures have been expelled and the single remaining skin suture is loose, leaving only a thin eschar partially covering the skin incision; the transmitter is visible immediately deep to the eschar and skin; B closure of the repaired surgical site after debridement and lavage; C healed incision 12 weeks after repair