Indonesia: Huge leatherback turtle stranded on beach is dragged back to sea

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    Around 20 people had to coax the giant animal back into the sea

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    Around 20 individuals needed to coax the huge animal back into the sea (Picture: ViralPress)

    Passers-by assisted bring a big 30 stone turtle back to the sea after they discovered it stranded on a beach.

    The huge leatherback turtle was identified lost and having a hard time to go back to the water in Oping Beach, Indonesia, recently.

    Crowds pressed and brought the big threatened animal along the sand till it might swim away.

    It had actually ended up being caught in an estuary and was not able to discover its method back to the coastline.

    Joyful beach-goers were revealed on movie commemorating when the turtle lastly made it back into the water.

    Enormous leatherback turtle rescued from beaching

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    North Sulawesi, Indonesia, June 10, 2021 (video still)??????NEWS COPY - WITH VIDEO AND PICTURES??????A giant leatherback turtle was rescued after locals found it stranded in a beach in Indonesia. The 200kg endangered marine mammal was struggling to waddle in the estuary towards the direction of the sea when locals found it in Oping Beach in Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi province on June 10. It appeared too weak to return to the water on its own so onlookers ran up to the creature and helped carry it back to the sea. Footage shows the locals pushing the enormous and heavy turtle and occasionally lifting it up so it could move towards the water. Resident Jendry Rendy Tentero said: 'We were having fun and celebrating the birthday of a friend when we noticed the turtle. At first we thought it was a crocodile but we were surprised to see it was a giant turtle.' The animal successfully returned to the water and swam back to the depths after being helped by locals. It was not injured and the incident was reported to local wildlife officers. A wildlife officer said: 'The turtle might have been pushed by the current to the estuary. It was then lost in the shallows and was stranded while finding its way back to the sea.' Leatherback sea turtles are the largest of all living turtles. They are listed as ???vulnerable??? by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to its decreasing population caused by extensive egg collecting and accidentally being caught in fishing gears.

    The turtle had actually ended up being stranded on the beach (Picture: ViralPress)

    North Sulawesi, Indonesia, June 10, 2021 (video still)??????NEWS COPY - WITH VIDEO AND PICTURES??????A giant leatherback turtle was rescued after locals found it stranded in a beach in Indonesia. The 200kg endangered marine mammal was struggling to waddle in the estuary towards the direction of the sea when locals found it in Oping Beach in Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi province on June 10. It appeared too weak to return to the water on its own so onlookers ran up to the creature and helped carry it back to the sea. Footage shows the locals pushing the enormous and heavy turtle and occasionally lifting it up so it could move towards the water. Resident Jendry Rendy Tentero said: 'We were having fun and celebrating the birthday of a friend when we noticed the turtle. At first we thought it was a crocodile but we were surprised to see it was a giant turtle.' The animal successfully returned to the water and swam back to the depths after being helped by locals. It was not injured and the incident was reported to local wildlife officers. A wildlife officer said: 'The turtle might have been pushed by the current to the estuary. It was then lost in the shallows and was stranded while finding its way back to the sea.' Leatherback sea turtles are the largest of all living turtles. They are listed as ???vulnerable??? by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to its decreasing population caused by extensive egg collecting and accidentally being caught in fishing gears.

    Locals pressed and brought it back to the sea (Picture: ViralPress)

    North Sulawesi, Indonesia, June 10, 2021 (video still)??????NEWS COPY - WITH VIDEO AND PICTURES??????A giant leatherback turtle was rescued after locals found it stranded in a beach in Indonesia. The 200kg endangered marine mammal was struggling to waddle in the estuary towards the direction of the sea when locals found it in Oping Beach in Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi province on June 10. It appeared too weak to return to the water on its own so onlookers ran up to the creature and helped carry it back to the sea. Footage shows the locals pushing the enormous and heavy turtle and occasionally lifting it up so it could move towards the water. Resident Jendry Rendy Tentero said: 'We were having fun and celebrating the birthday of a friend when we noticed the turtle. At first we thought it was a crocodile but we were surprised to see it was a giant turtle.' The animal successfully returned to the water and swam back to the depths after being helped by locals. It was not injured and the incident was reported to local wildlife officers. A wildlife officer said: 'The turtle might have been pushed by the current to the estuary. It was then lost in the shallows and was stranded while finding its way back to the sea.' Leatherback sea turtles are the largest of all living turtles. They are listed as ???vulnerable??? by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to its decreasing population caused by extensive egg collecting and accidentally being caught in fishing gears.

    The animal handled to swim out and was unhurt by the event (Picture: ViralPress)

    Local homeowner Jendry Rendy Tentero stated: ‘We were having fun and celebrating the birthday of a friend when we noticed the turtle. At first we thought it was a crocodile but we were surprised to see it was a giant turtle.’

    The animal was not hurt and the event was reported to regional wildlife officers.

    A wildlife officer stated: ‘The turtle might have been pushed by the current to the estuary. It was then lost in the shallows and was stranded while finding its way back to the sea.’

    Leatherback sea turtles are the biggest of all living turtles. They are noted as ‘vulnerable’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to its reducing population brought on by substantial egg gathering and inadvertently being captured in fishing equipments.

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