Thai Sea Turtle Finally Able To Swim After Surgery From Swallowing 915 Coins

Medicine & Technology Mar 13, 2017

Veterinarian surgeons from Chulalongkorn University's veterinary faculty removed 915 coins from the stomach of a 25 years old Thai sea turtle. Now, this turtle is recovering quickly and able to swim.

Surgeons Rescued 25-Year-Old Thai Sea Turtle By Removing 915 Coins From Its Stomach [Video]

Mar 07, 2017

A 25years old female green sea turtle named "Bank" swallowed 915 coins. Veterinarian surgeons from Chulalongkorn University's veterinary faculty performed four hours of operation to remove all of the coins from Bank.

Sea Turtles Use Earth’s Magnetic Field as a GPS

Jan 18, 2015

Female sea turtles will swim for thousands of miles to return to their place of birth to lay eggs. For years, how they found their home has remained a mystery to researchers. However, according to a new study, these sea turtles find their way home by relying on the unique magnetic signatures along the coast.

Sea Turtles Reveal A Sixth Sense—Finding Their Way Home & Sensing The Seasons

Jan 15, 2015

As a migratory species, Leatherback Sea Turtles (Dermochely coriacea) are a rare oddity of nature that spend their lives mostly in travel, between their breeding grounds in open ocean and their tropical places of birth. Travelling back and forth between the tropics and their hunting grounds to the north, the unique species follows the cool waters, as they flow throughout the oceans they inhabit. But that doesn't even begin to unravel their mysterious origins or how they know to traverse the seas.