Axle, an endangered turtle with nine lives, is released into the wild, again and again.
Lucky might be a better name for a green sea turtle that is being re-released into the wild Tuesday after a second stint being nursed back to health at the Miami Seaquarium.
Or maybe Whiskers would be a good name because this turtle clearly has nine lives after being rescued twice in the past year, most recently from becoming turtle soup.
Miami Seaquarium vets first saved the turtle, who they named Axle, in April 2008 after it had been stranded with multiple wounds. Axle is apparently one tough turtle because he has withstood a boat propeller slicing his head and flipper and a shark bite that nearly ripped open his shell. It took almost a year to get the endangered turtle up to strength to survive in the wild and it was released in March.
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I'm not sure if this is on luck turtle or one unlucky turtle!
Oh poor thing!
ohh poor thing
Poor little thing
aww, thanks for shjaring~
Awww I would have hated to see the poor thing with cuts and bites
Sounds like tough turtle. I hope he doesn't show up again to be mended.
I agree - is he lucky or unlucky? Hard to say....
THANKS FOR SHARING...
way to go! lucky should be his name.
great! Thanks for keeping us updated. I heard about the original story on the news.
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