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Surgeons remove 915 coins swallowed by Thai sea turtle
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A 25 year old female green sea turtle, rests next to a tray of coins that were removed from her stomach at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. (Athit Perawongmetha / REUTERS)
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Thai surgeons on Monday performed an emergency operation to avoid breaking the ‘Bank’-- the nickname of a sea turtle who had ingested 915 coins that were cracking its shell. (Sakchai Lalit / AP)
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Officers count coins that were removed from the stomach of Omsin, a 25 year old femal green sea turtle. (Athit Perawongmetha / REUTERS)
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Omsin, a 25 year old femal green sea turtle, rests after a surgical operation to remove coins from her stomach. (Athit Perawongmetha / REUTERS)
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Veterinarians in Bangkok operated on the 25-year-old female green sea turtle who had been inadvertently fed a diet of coins by luck-seeking tourists. . (REUTERS)
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Five surgeons from Chulalongkorn University’s veterinary faculty patiently removed the coins over four hours while ‘Bank’ was under general anesthesia. (REUTERS)
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Surgeons made a 4-inch incision in Bank, removing 11 pounds of coins that had cracked part of its shell , causing a life-threatening infection. (REUTERS)
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Coins that were removed from a female green turtle nicknamed ‘Bank.’ (Sakchai Lalit / AP)
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Bank was brought in to veterinarians by the navy, which found her ailing in her seaside hometown. (Athit Perawongmetha / REUTERS)
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It was only after a detailed 3D scan that veterinarians pinpointed the weighty and unexpected problem. As well as the coins they also found 2 fish hooks, which were also removed. (Athit Perawongmetha / REUTERS)
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Young visitors watch the female green turtle nicknamed ‘Bank’ swim in a pool at Sea Turtle Conservation Center n Chonburi Province, Thailand. (Sakchai Lalit / AP)
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