she visited the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Fla., where she learned about “bubble butt syndrome.”

It sounds funny. It’s not. The impact of being hit by boats can drive air inside a turtle’s shell. If the air gets trapped near the back of the turtle, its rear end floats. Once this happens, “There’s no way to get the air out,” Gabriela says. “It’s permanent.”

There's nothing funny about bubble butt syndrome :weird-bolshevik: