Veterinarian Nantarika Chansue, right, and her staff put the sea turtle named Omsin into a tank at the Chulalongkorn aquatic research centre in Bangkok on March 13, 2017, days after the reptile had 915 coins removed from its digestive tract. Roberto Schmidt / AFP
Veterinarian Nantarika Chansue, right, and her staff put the sea turtle named Omsin into a tank at the Chulalongkorn aquatic research centre in Bangkok on March 13, 2017, days after the reptile had 91Show more
Thailand’s ‘piggy bank’ turtle in rehab after 5kg of coins were removed
The turtle had lived for two decades in a small public park in Chonburi province, during which time she swallowed 915 of the coins that visitors used to toss into her pond for good luck.