Thai Turtle
-
{
- All
- News
-
Thai Turtle's Plastic-Filled Stomach Highlights Ocean Crisis
Startling images of plastic shreds, rubber bands and other debris found jammed in the stomach of a green turtle in Thailand have highlighted the crisis of waste-strewn seas following the widely publicised death of a whale this month.
-
Lizard, Turtle Among More Than 100 New Species Found In Mekong Region
A Vietnamese 'crocodile lizard' and a Thai turtle found on sale in a local market are among more than 100 new species discovered in the ecologically diverse but threatened Mekong region last year, researchers said Tuesday.
-
Good Luck Coins Prove Fatal For Thai 'Piggy Bank' Turtle
A 25-year-old Thai sea turtle died from blood poisoning on Tuesday, never recovering from an operation to remove 915 coins from her stomach, thrown into her pool for good luck, veterinarians said.
-
Thai 'Piggy Bank' Turtle Slips Into Coma After Operation To Remove Coins
The green sea turtle named Omsin, "piggy bank" in Thai, had been finding it hard to swim normally after swallowing 5 kg (11 lb) of coins thrown into her pool for good luck.
-
Vets Remove Nearly 1,000 'Good Luck' Coins From Turtle's Stomach
A sea turtle dubbed 'Piggy Bank' has had her fortunes restored after Thailand's vets removed 915 coins from her stomach - a deposit built up after years of gulping down good luck pennies tossed into its pond.
-
Thai Turtle's Plastic-Filled Stomach Highlights Ocean Crisis
Startling images of plastic shreds, rubber bands and other debris found jammed in the stomach of a green turtle in Thailand have highlighted the crisis of waste-strewn seas following the widely publicised death of a whale this month.
-
Lizard, Turtle Among More Than 100 New Species Found In Mekong Region
A Vietnamese 'crocodile lizard' and a Thai turtle found on sale in a local market are among more than 100 new species discovered in the ecologically diverse but threatened Mekong region last year, researchers said Tuesday.
-
Good Luck Coins Prove Fatal For Thai 'Piggy Bank' Turtle
A 25-year-old Thai sea turtle died from blood poisoning on Tuesday, never recovering from an operation to remove 915 coins from her stomach, thrown into her pool for good luck, veterinarians said.
-
Thai 'Piggy Bank' Turtle Slips Into Coma After Operation To Remove Coins
The green sea turtle named Omsin, "piggy bank" in Thai, had been finding it hard to swim normally after swallowing 5 kg (11 lb) of coins thrown into her pool for good luck.
-
Vets Remove Nearly 1,000 'Good Luck' Coins From Turtle's Stomach
A sea turtle dubbed 'Piggy Bank' has had her fortunes restored after Thailand's vets removed 915 coins from her stomach - a deposit built up after years of gulping down good luck pennies tossed into its pond.
