"Bubble butt" can leave turtles struggling to swim normally — or unable to submerge at all. A 3D-printed harness can help.

Charlotte, a male green sea turtle, wears a 3D-printed harness to help him overcome "bubble butt syndrome" — a condition caused by a boat strike. Charlotte lives at the Mystic Aquarium in ...

That throws the animals' buoyancy off-kilter when they swim, leading to "positive buoyancy syndrome," a condition known more colorfully as "bubble butt syndrome." Bubble butt can leave turtles ...

Bubble butt syndrome, or positive buoyancy syndrome, is typically caused by trauma, often from boat collisions. For Charlotte, it has been a persistent issue for years. Mystic Aquarium’s team of ...

Charlotte the sea turtle was injured in a boat accident out in the wild. Charlotte, a green sea turtle at Connecticut's Mystic Aquarium, wears a custom 3D-printed prosthetic harness on his backside.

The harness was made to help the male turtle named Charlotte, who resides at Mystic Aquarium, deal with positive buoyancy syndrome, known as "bubble butt syndrome." According to The Turtle ...