A Leatherback turtleMost species world’s largest, detected died At sea on Wednesday, August 7 Versilia.
Versilia, a 300 kg leatherback turtle found dead in the sea
The workers there carried out the task of recovering the body of the giant animal weighing about 3 tons. Financial Police of Marina di Carrara.
The turtle was found trapped underwater by its neck and front fin in a counterweight rope.
The financiers had no choice but to dive into the water to free the animal and tow it to port. Viareggio.
Upon reaching the Tuscan harbor, a crane lifted the turtle and pulled it out of the water.
Transfer of corpse
The intervention was carried out in collaboration with the Education Center of Ronchi’s WWF who expressed deep “sadness” in a note.
This specimen weighs more or less 300 kg and is 2 meters long.
After the recovery, the carcass will be transferred to Pisa’s Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute, which will continue the analysis of the carcass together with the University of Arbat and Siena. The purpose of the investigation is to clarify the reasons The big animal died.
WWF: “The Great Tragedy”
“Bad stories – writes Ronchi’s WWF – should not be told. There Financial police And our volunteers were rescued, lost in the sea tied to a rope Lyuto Tortoise Dermochelys coriaceaThe largest extant tortoise and the only one without a shell, sadly died out.”
“It will be subject to appropriate investigations: news that fills us with great sadness”, WWF concludes.
Photo credit: ANSA/Facebook WWF Ronchi
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