Prosthetic Flippers Give Injured Turtles Yu-Chan and Allison a Second Chance « SemiBeta

Prosthetic Flippers Give Injured Turtles Yu-Chan and Allison a Second Chance

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Aug/090

Yu-Chan, an endangered loggerhead sea turtle, is one very lucky turtle. Found entangled in fishing nets in Japan in 2008, the 20-year-old loggerhead had also been attacked by a shark. Covered in bite wounds, she lost half of her forelimb and part of another due to her injuries.

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