A hurt loggerhead sea turtle has now been returned to his natural habitat.
A turtle, dubbed Nazaré, was found live stranded at a beach in Cumbria in early February, seemingly immobile and covered in algae.
The creature underwent a rehabilitation program in different Sea Life centers.
Nazaré was transferred first to the Azores and then freed back into the wild later in the first week of the month.
The reptile was found on a beach of Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness on February 4.
When brought to Sea Life Blackpool, the tortoise was found to be cold-stunned, had pneumonia, and was covered with algae and seaweed.
Little details are presented about Nazaré’s care, lifting its body temperature and hydration injections, and the condition around the clock.
The team made floats not to allow Nazaré to drown. There was also a construction of floats and a toothbrush to clean the turtle’s shell.
Surprisingly within days its feeding and motor skills improved and would not need any assistance to move.
When the team at Sea Life felt that Nazaré was ‘morally rehabilitated’ that is, she was aesthetically fit and healthy enough to be released back to the wild, the turtle was issued a turtle passport so that it could begin its journey to the Azores by air.
Preface: Nazaré was motheved to Porto Pim aquarium in Portugal for some time before its release to the wild this month.
A satellite tracking device was found bolted to the reptile’s shell and the reptile was also put through an identification microchipping process.
Sea Life eventually found out that the turtle was released earlier in June this year previously it was found stranded at Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, France.
Sea Life Scarborough curator Todd German said: It is a very lucky, lucky turtle, having been saved and then nursed back to health, twice.