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Eight injured sea turtles are recovering right now at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island.

The turtles arrived over the past five days. They said eight is an unusually high number of turtles to arrive at the center in a short period of time. Temperature changes, red tides and algae blooms are some of the leading causes of turtles becoming stranded or sick.

The turtles are suffering from barnacles, alga and worms.

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