[HereInTheHeartland]

” “a government animal testing facility very close by in Long Island,”

Plum Island is one of our lines of defense for infectious animal diseases; the other facility is in Ames, Iowa.

http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=19400000

[Clemenza]

When I was a kid living on the island, we went to visit some friends on the north fork. The older kids kept telling me about Plum Island being the home of aliens and monkey-human hybrids, ie a real Island of Dr. Moreau.

This is a de-shelled sea tortoise. Shows over folks! Nothing to see here!