Woman Spends 92 Days Saving A Sea Turtle Covered In Barnacles

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[yankee87]

1. Love

thanks

[calimary]

2. Stories like this give me hope.

Poor thing! Actually got a second chance!

[Chicagogrl1]

3. So beautiful & inspiring

😢😢

[efhmc]

4. How do they know it will not happen again?

[StarryNite]

7. They don't.

But the thing is, she got a second chance. Rescues like this are about saving the animal and if at all possible releasing it back into the wild. The ultimate goal is the release. Hopefully it won't happen again.

[Biophilic]

5. Thanks. I needed this story today.

[StarryNite]

6. I love this.

This made my day. I have two desert tortoises and a box turtle. They are such incredible animals.

[twodogsbarking]

8. Kindness. That is all we have.

[AverageOldGuy]

9. How did they remove the barnacles?

???

[ZDU]

14. Info follows:

https://brevardzoo.org/news/whats-the-deal-with-barnacles/

[Silver Gaia]

10. Made me cry. 😢

There are still good people in the world. It's good to be reminded.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Thank you for posting this

[aggiesal]

12. We live amongst angels. n/t

[ZDU]

13. Yay! She swims away!

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Awww! Thank you for posting! I love turtles...

I had an Eastern Painted Turtle as a kid that my Dad's friend rescued from the road while crossing a mountain. And we only had him for so long when my Dad insisted we let him go in a nearby artists' colony where there were woods and a stream, far from any roads, I like to think he's still there...

[Faux pas]

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