Goody, an endangered olive ridley sea turtle, lost her left flipper years ago after she was entangled in a fishing net. But now researchers in Bangkok have provided her with Thailand's first prosthetic flipper and she can swim again with ease
PHUKET, Thailand - Thai turtle Goody lost her left flipper years ago after she was entangled in a fishing net, leaving her immobile and stressed out in captivity.
“She’s swimming much better and she’s learning to use the two flippers to turn. You can see the difference,” said Nantarika Chansue, a veterinarian who took part in the development of Goody’s prosthetic flipper. Sea turtles are often injured or killed by human activities, most commonly by ingesting plastic or getting caught in fishing nets or lines, which can stop blood circulating to their limbs.
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