Sick Sea Turtle Swims Right to Hospital Doorstep

By Queuebot in Animals & Pets on Apr 1, 2009 at 2:49 pm

A 73 pound loggerhead sea turtle seemed to know exactly where to go for a bacterial infection. The turtle was suffering from a bacterial infection and swam to the Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys, the only such licensed facility in the world that treats sea turtles. The staff originally thought the turtle was lost and waited for a few hours, but after the turtle stuck around, it was taken in and treated.

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Ali S.
Apr 1st, 2009 at 3:48 pm
The doctor will see you now…
Johnny Cat
Apr 1st, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Now that is neat.
zav
Apr 1st, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Now that is AWESOME.
violet
Apr 1st, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Glee.
chet
Apr 1st, 2009 at 4:28 pm
This turtle has better health insurance than I do.
katioh
Apr 1st, 2009 at 5:54 pm
I wonder if it’s possible that this turtle had been caught and treated years before at this hospital and simply remembered getting well there. Don’t sea turtles remember where to go year after year over hundreds or thousands of miles to mate and lay their eggs in a very specific location? This is a neat story!
Valdis von Squi
Apr 1st, 2009 at 7:05 pm
@ Katioh I’m not sure, but that would certainly make sense if it’s been there before and remembered that, that is where it goes to become better. Actually that would be pretty incredible! This is a very neat story.
LisaL
Apr 1st, 2009 at 10:39 pm
That would be pretty incredible katioh. Very neat story and glad that the turtle is getting all better
laly
Apr 1st, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Build it and they will come…
horned_one24
Apr 2nd, 2009 at 12:12 am
Im going to call dumb luck on this one.
Cordelia
Apr 2nd, 2009 at 6:22 am
That turtle should work for Mapquest!
southblvd
Apr 2nd, 2009 at 11:42 am
Nice, Cordelia.

Watch the video at the link and you can see the turtle clap when they pick him up.
Gail Pink
Apr 2nd, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Super neat.

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