June Cleaver the loggerhead turtle is released into the ocean off Florida after rehab

MELBOURNE Fla AP She may not wear a pearl necklace like her namesake from the TV show Leave it Beaver but June Cleaver the -pound loggerhead turtle nevertheless was happy as a clam to be going home Marine biologists on Florida s Space Coast on Wednesday circulated June Cleaver back into the ocean before beachgoers following a two-month rehabilitation at the Brevard Zoo s Sea Turtle Healing Center in Melbourne Florida The turtle was first observed having difficulty laying eggs in Melbourne Beach in June The Sea Turtle Preservation Society transported her to the Healing Center and caretakers discovered that she had been hit by a boat They gave her several CT scans to make sure that the injury to her top shell wasn t critical according to the center The scans proved that her wound wasn t fatal but she needed rehabilitation While at the center she laid eggs in a pool Biologists buried the eggs in the beach where they are incubating according to the center The center stated June Cleaver had diva tastes in food preferring squid over the crabs which typically are favored by loggerheads