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DURBAN – uShaka Sea World plans on taking it a step at a time in the recovery of an adult loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) which was admitted on Saturday after being bitten by a tiger shark. uShaka Sea World’s Ann Kunz said both the turtle’s front flippers were bitten.
“Although she only has one-third of her left flipper and two-thirds of her right flipper, she is able to navigate through the water and come to the surface to breathe,” Kunz said.
She said members of a local dive charter, Mokarran Diving, who were at sea on Aliwal Shoal, witnessed the tiger shark turning around and biting her second flipper after noticing some abnormal behaviour in the water.
On arrival, the turtle, now named Jina, was assessed by the resident veterinarian at the South African Association for Marine Biological Research and was found not to be bleeding heavily and appeared to be in good condition other than the injuries to her flippers.
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