🧵1/5 In mid-September, I met this little turtle on the mountain. He showed signs of being ill with a virus that was killing turtles here last year (staying at a big puddle for days in a row). On closer exam, I saw that he also had a large aural abscess in his left ear and ➡️ pic.twitter.com/Uv8FQ9arJE

— Stan Willenbring (@StanWillenbring) May 14, 2024