While wildlife encounters aren’t a regular part of beach days, they’re bound to happen.Sea turtles are more common in warmer climates.But most of the time they’re advised to give the animals space.
One day, Miguel Angel Escobar and his family were boating off the coast of Honduras when they saw something that made their hearts stop for a moment. Farther along the beach, a giant turtle was seen tangled in some tree roots at the water’s edge. “I thought she was dead,” Escobar told The Dodo. “We felt such pity for her.” The turtle wasn’t dead, however. She’d just given up hope. But hope was about to arrive.
It was clear that the turtle had been stuck there for some time. So Escobar thought it was probably dead, so he decided to take a closer look anyway. She remained motionless as he pulled the boat to shore and approached. “When I touched her, she instantly let out a sigh and she started to move her head,” Escobar said. And with that, Escobar sprang into action.
Escobar began cutting the trapped root with a knife until the turtle was too weak to break. After a few moments, she was finally free. Escobar had saved her life. In a flash, the once lifeless-seeming turtle transformed into a ball of energy. “I thought that the turtle would need to rest on the shore and recover her strength,” Escobar said. “But she instantly swam away, strong and fast, like someone who was jumping for joy.” She got her second chance. After lingering momentarily near the beach, the turtle then swam out to deeper waters.
Escobar suspected that the turtle had become entangled when it came ashore to lay its eggs and went over the embankment along the coast. And now that she is free, there will be even more generations of her offspring to come. “I feel happy to have helped her,” Escobar said. “It’s a great feeling.”
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