Freedivers Save Sea Turtle
Divers Colin Sutton & Cameron Dietrich helped save a sea turtle off the coast of Mexico that became tangled in rope. What happens is incredible!
HuffPost Green reports that David Godfrey, executive director of The Sea Turtle Conservancy, said that the sea turtle’s circular swimming was probably the result of limited paralysis in its left flipper. Motion often comes back very quickly, he said, and it was likely not a threat to the turtle. The divers getting off the boat to help the turtle, he added, “was absolutely the right thing to do, absolutely the best thing that could happen in that situation.”
Editor's Note: If you spot a stranded, sick or injured sea turtle, please report it to NOAA or local rehabilitation facility.
Divers Colin Sutton & Cameron Dietrich helped save a sea turtle off the coast of Mexico that became tangled in rope. What happens is incredible!
HuffPost Green reports that David Godfrey, executive director of The Sea Turtle Conservancy, said that the sea turtle’s circular swimming was probably the result of limited paralysis in its left flipper. Motion often comes back very quickly, he said, and it was likely not a threat to the turtle. The divers getting off the boat to help the turtle, he added, “was absolutely the right thing to do, absolutely the best thing that could happen in that situation.”
Editor's Note: If you spot a stranded, sick or injured sea turtle, please report it to NOAA or local rehabilitation facility.
