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Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Rescued From Fishing Net

An Olive Ridley turtle with a badly damaged front-right flipper was plucked from the ocean by a group of scientists and taken to a rehabilitation centre where she was nursed back to help and released. The stricken female turtle was spotted in the middle of the ocean by a group of researchers aboard a boat conducting studies on Whale Sharks off the coast of the Maldives. As soon as they spotted the turtle struggling to swim, they diverted their ship to help pluck the badly injured turtle from the ocean. Immediately they could tell her front-right flipper was badly damaged – possibly as a result of becoming entangled with a ‘ghost’ net, according to the group who rescued her. The gruesome injury was quickly reported to marine biologists on the mainland, who rushed to a nearby hotel where they could take care of the turtle. As she was handed over by the researchers, the marine biologists rushed her off for treatment by sea plane to the Olive Ridley Project Marine Turtle Rescue Centre in Baa Atoll. There she was x-rayed, and had her front flipper amputated such was the severity of the injury. But after an extensive rehab program lasting four months, she was finally released back into her natural habitat.
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Location: Offshore near Maldives, Maldives
  • Date Acquired: 02-27-2020
  • Date Filmed: 06-10-2019
  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Footage Type: GoPro
  • Rights :  TV & Digital, Commercial, Publishing
Tags:  turtle , olive ridley , rescue , release , animals , wildlife , ocean , maldives

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Rescued From Fishing Net

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