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Posted on Feb 12, 2013

Yu The Loggerhead Turtle Gets Artificial Flippers

After 27 previously failed attempts this vest flipper combo proved to be the winner!

by cmerry

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"A SEA turtle that lost her front legs to a shark attack has donned the latest in artificial flipper technology.Yu, an approximately 25-year-old female loggerhead turtle, was test-driving her 27th pair of artificial front legs around her home aquarium near Kobe in western Japan, where she proves a draw for the crowds." — Via heraldsun.com.au

"A SEA turtle that lost her front legs to a shark attack has donned the latest in artificial flipper technology.
Yu, an approximately 25-year-old female loggerhead turtle, was test-driving her 27th pair of artificial front legs around her home aquarium near Kobe in western Japan, where she proves a draw for the crowds."

Via heraldsun.com.au

"A SEA turtle that lost her front legs to a shark attack has donned the latest in artificial flipper technology.
Yu, an approximately 25-year-old female loggerhead turtle, was test-driving her 27th pair of artificial front legs around her home aquarium near Kobe in western Japan, where she proves a draw for the crowds."

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Yu The Loggerhead Turtle Gets Artificial Flippers

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Yu The Loggerhead Turtle Gets Artificial Flippers

Flying the watery skies again!

View this video on YouTube

Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe Japan

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