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In August, fishermen found a loggerhead sea turtle with a massive, bulbous tumor on her neck that was in desperate need of medical help

The Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys helped the animal, later named Molly, recover

After two successful operations and time to heal, Molly returned to the wild on Nov. 25

Molly, a loggerhead turtle native native to the water around the Florida Keys, returned home to Higgs Beach on Nov. 25 after undergoing life-saving surgery earlier in 2025.

Believed to be approximately 25 to 30 years old, Molly was tangled in commercial fishing lines attached to a crab trap when a charter fisherman found her in desperate need of help in August. Even worse for Molly, the fishing lines were also wrapped around a painful-looking, 10-lb. tumor growing fro

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