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Rare 500-pound turtle returned to wild

Name: Rare 500-pound turtle returned to wild
Uploaded: 2015-03-11T14:55:02-0400
Duration: 1 min 24 s
Description: Yawkey the leatherback sea turtle is bound for the open ocean following his recovery at the South Carolina Aquarium. It took a team of 7 people and a pulley system to transfer him. Watch Yawkey's handlers move him in the video above.

Yawkey the leatherback sea turtle is bound for the open ocean following his recovery at the South Carolina Aquarium. It took a team of 7 people and a pulley system to transfer him. Watch Yawkey's handlers move him in the video above.