Renowned biologist and turtle conservationist Colin Limpus has said he fears that Queensland’s torrential rain in recent days has wreaked havoc on the habitat of the iconic bottom-breathing turtle. The flooding from former cyclone Seth dumped a torrential amount of rain over the catchment of Mary River, where the turtle calls home, peaking just short of ten meters. Limpus said that the flood has most likely drowned the nests of the eggs of the Mary River turtle, which grows shocks of algae “hair” and survives by breathing out of its bottom. “We have had an egg loss. The flooding, it’s a very elevated level, and any eggs that haven’t hatched will have either been washed away or drowned,” chief scientist for wildlife and threatened species in Queensland’s environment department Limpus said. “There is, however, a much greater problem,” he added. As the state assesses the full extent of the flood damage, …