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eppur_se_muova

(36,266 posts) Sat Feb 16, 2013, 09:41 PM Feb 2013

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Your awwwwww picture for today ...

Yu, an approximately 25-year-old female loggerhead turtle, received her 27th pair of artificial front legs at the Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe, Japan. (Copyright: Getty Images)

~~(Presumably, she is wearing out/outgrowing the old legs.)~~ I got that wrong!

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Your awwwwww picture for today ... (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Feb 2013 OP

DU Rec for love Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #1

saw an article about this the other day magical thyme Feb 2013 #2

Thanks for the info ! That is real dedication on the part of the vets/zookeepers ... eppur_se_muova Feb 2013 #3

Very cool, thanks for posting ... Scuba Feb 2013 #4

I captured this photo at a rescue hospital in the Keys. In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #5

That's a wonderful photo. Thanks. nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #6

this made me happy. :) BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #7

K&R! Awwwwww! Beautiful! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #8

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

1. DU Rec for love

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 09:52 PM

Feb 2013

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)

2. saw an article about this the other day

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 09:52 PM

Feb 2013

It took 27 tries to design artificial flippers that didn't rub sores and cause her pain.

eppur_se_muova

(36,266 posts)

3. Thanks for the info ! That is real dedication on the part of the vets/zookeepers ...

Reply to magical thyme (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 09:53 PM

Feb 2013

whatever their official title(s) may be, they done good.

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

4. Very cool, thanks for posting ...

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 10:08 PM

Feb 2013

Yu, who "weighs 96 kilograms (212 pounds) and has a shell 82 centimetres (32 inches) long, was pulled out of a fisherman's net and sent to the Suma Aqualife Park in mid-2008."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/9864326/Turtle-gets-artificial-legs.html

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Slide show here ... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/12/turtle-prosthetic-flippers-yu-chan_n_2670244.html?ir=Green#slide=2097096

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

5. I captured this photo at a rescue hospital in the Keys.

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 10:30 PM

Feb 2013

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Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

6. That's a wonderful photo. Thanks. nt

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 12:44 AM

Feb 2013

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

7. this made me happy. :)

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 03:35 AM

Feb 2013

Sweet turtle.

Rhiannon12866

(205,467 posts)

8. K&R! Awwwwww! Beautiful!

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 03:46 AM

Feb 2013

I love turtles and this one makes me smile...

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