Rare Sea Turtle Near Death on UK Beach Gets 5,000-mile Lift to Texas Rehab Before Returning to Gulf of Mexico

a month ago by Rimu to c/goodnewseveryone

Houston Zoo Treats Internationally Stranded Sea Turtle It’s a tale two years in the making involving a helicopter ride from Wales to Heathrow, a transatlantic flight to Houston, and a long-awaited homecoming for…

A Kemp’s ridley sea turtle named Rhossi got a 5,000-mile lift from the UK to Texas where a rehab at Houston Zoo will help him get back home.

toynbee 4 points a month ago

I wasn't here for the events of this story, so some details might be inaccurate, but I will relay them to the best of my ability.

A coworker of mine once went to, IIRC, the Maldives; however, during the flight, due the to duration, his wife developed a pulmonary embolism (or whatever is the name for the blood clot that precedes it) and had to be airlifted to a healthcare facility.

Apparently, the most immediately available aircraft was one that was transporting some sea turtles for ... Reasons. Because of the immediacy of the need, the plane was commandeered to transport the coworker and wife.

According to him, riding with giant turtles was "pretty cool."

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reader 2 points a month ago

but that zoo will call it gulf of america

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Gladaed 0 points a month ago

So they should have souped the turtle?

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reader 0 points a month ago

no bc they are ninjas

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