Last week, something strange arrived at the Cape Wildlife Center. Not one turtle, not two turtles—something in between. A tiny two-headed turtle weighing less than a nickel ended up at the Cape Cod facility. The bicephalic (two-headed) reptile is a diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin), aquatic turtles found in brackish waters along the United States’ Atlantic
It seems like 3D printers can produce just about anything, from assault rifles to homes made of dirt and even cookies made from plastic. Now, a team from the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Georgia’s Jekyll Island has turned to 3D printing to help a seriously injured green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) during its physical
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