Honey Is The New Turtle Wax

Huh. Honey helps sea-turtles recover from life-threatening injury. Turtle rescuers at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center have been healing gashed-up loggerhead turtles with a new medical balm called “MediHoney.” The makers of MediHoney claim that it,

“Promotes a moist environment conducive to healing
Is highly absorbent
Cleanses and debrides
Helps to lower the wound pH, for an optimal wound healing environment
Is non-toxic, natural and safe
Is easy to use and easy to apply”

Medihoney is indeed made with real honey-special, high-test honey from New Zealand. So expect Winnie the Pooh to come ringing the bell at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center, any day now, disguised as a hurt sea turtle.

And speaking of Pooh: Also from Discovery, a video clip about the study of otter poop. It’s more interesting than you might imagine. (I was thinking, “Mostly shellfish, right?”) But, warning: does contain graphic images of sea otter poop.