| Ninja suit helps one-flipper turtle swim |
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — Turtle rescuers have demonstrated the first fin suit designed to allow a green sea turtle that lost three of its flippers to finally swim a straight line.
Workers at Sea Turtle Inc. strapped Allison, a five-year-old rescued turtle, on Wednesday into a neoprene "ninja" suit that holds a carbon-fiber fin in place on her back. The fin acts as a rudder, allowing her to propel herself forward with her sole fin. The success follows failed attempts last year to fit her with a prosthetic rear flipper.
Before today, Allison could only swim in tight circles with her one good flipper.
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ReplyDeleteI like how you follow the rules
its a little girl
ReplyDeleteshe looks like the turtles i saw in hawaii! yay allison!
ReplyDeleteI posted this on Facebook way back like a month or two ago... I called him a real ninja turtle!
ReplyDeleteAwww..i love this!!!
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