Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Jesse, Avis and Davey Evans, the owners of the Concordia Turtle Farm in Wildsville, Louisiana, for their wonderful support during the years of our study. Their unflinching generosity, insight, and tolerance will always be deeply appreciated. They made our times at the Concordia Turtle Farm one of the highlights of our lives.
We would also like to thank Dr Alvin Atlas and Jill Atlas for their help securing supplies and with field work, Dr John Carr for his assistance with the ultrasound machine and access to university lab facilities, and Dr. Elliot Jacobson for his help in providing access to research papers.