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catbyte

(39,227 posts) Tue Mar 31, 2026, 12:13 PM Mar 31

Woman Spends 92 Days Saving A Sea Turtle Covered In Barnacles

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Woman Spends 92 Days Saving A Sea Turtle Covered In Barnacles (Original Post) catbyte Mar 31 OP

Love yankee87 Mar 31 #1

Stories like this give me hope. calimary Mar 31 #2

So beautiful & inspiring Chicagogrl1 Mar 31 #3

How do they know it will not happen again? efhmc Mar 31 #4

They don't. StarryNite Mar 31 #7

Thanks. I needed this story today. Biophilic Mar 31 #5

I love this. StarryNite Mar 31 #6

Kindness. That is all we have. twodogsbarking Mar 31 #8

How did they remove the barnacles? AverageOldGuy Mar 31 #9

Info follows: ZDU Mar 31 #14

Made me cry. 😢 Silver Gaia Mar 31 #10

Thank you for posting this LetMyPeopleVote Mar 31 #11

We live amongst angels. n/t aggiesal Mar 31 #12

Yay! She swims away! ZDU Mar 31 #13

Awww! Thank you for posting! I love turtles... Rhiannon12866 Mar 31 #15

Kudos Faux pas Mar 31 #16

yankee87

(2,843 posts)

1. Love

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 12:20 PM

Mar 31

thanks

calimary

(90,424 posts)

2. Stories like this give me hope.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:07 PM

Mar 31

Poor thing! Actually got a second chance!

Chicagogrl1

(655 posts)

3. So beautiful & inspiring

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:10 PM

Mar 31

😢😢

efhmc

(16,860 posts)

4. How do they know it will not happen again?

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:17 PM

Mar 31

StarryNite

(12,150 posts)

7. They don't.

Reply to efhmc (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:26 PM

Mar 31

But the thing is, she got a second chance. Rescues like this are about saving the animal and if at all possible releasing it back into the wild. The ultimate goal is the release. Hopefully it won't happen again.

Biophilic

(6,614 posts)

5. Thanks. I needed this story today.

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:18 PM

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StarryNite

(12,150 posts)

6. I love this.

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:24 PM

Mar 31

This made my day. I have two desert tortoises and a box turtle. They are such incredible animals.

twodogsbarking

(19,098 posts)

8. Kindness. That is all we have.

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:28 PM

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AverageOldGuy

(4,044 posts)

9. How did they remove the barnacles?

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:30 PM

Mar 31

???

ZDU

(1,322 posts)

14. Info follows:

Reply to AverageOldGuy (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 03:37 PM

Mar 31

https://brevardzoo.org/news/whats-the-deal-with-barnacles/

Silver Gaia

(5,384 posts)

10. Made me cry. 😢

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:37 PM

Mar 31

There are still good people in the world. It's good to be reminded.

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,967 posts)

11. Thank you for posting this

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:40 PM

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aggiesal

(10,872 posts)

12. We live amongst angels. n/t

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:48 PM

Mar 31

ZDU

(1,322 posts)

13. Yay! She swims away!

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 03:34 PM

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Rhiannon12866

(257,369 posts)

15. Awww! Thank you for posting! I love turtles...

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:19 PM

Mar 31

I had an Eastern Painted Turtle as a kid that my Dad's friend rescued from the road while crossing a mountain. And we only had him for so long when my Dad insisted we let him go in a nearby artists' colony where there were woods and a stream, far from any roads, I like to think he's still there...

Faux pas

(16,469 posts)

16. Kudos

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 10:03 PM

Mar 31

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