Rescued Turtle Doing Well


	Rescued Turtle Doing Well

Kelika

10-24-2008 6:23 PM

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nature, anmals

Kelika says:

"He added: "Hardy creatures, these sea turtles."

Some would call that an understatement. Day after day the turtle had endured harassment and eluded capture near the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's Haynes Generating Station. The turtle, as wide as a trash can lid, somehow got itself trapped in an inlet grated off from the rest of the channel."

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