when munchkin was spotted in Cape Cod
Massachusetts they thought she was just
a rock but when they got closer they saw
what she really was a huge loggerhead
sea turtle who really needed help
munchkin was in trouble her temperature
was low two of her flippers were hurt
and she didn't weigh enough she needed
someone who would help her feel like
herself again
she needed a rescuer and what she got
was a whole team of rescuers from the
New England Aquarium their plan was to
take her in get her healthy and release
her back home to the ocean but first
they had to give her a name what do you
call a 300 pound turtle they picked
munchkin once Munchkins temperature got
up to a healthy level they put her in
the tank where she could swim around get
exercise feel safe and grow stronger
every day
they gave munchkin her favorite turtle
food
and medicine they cleaned her shell and
made sure the turtle knew how much they
loved her they hoped that one day she'd
be ready to go back out into the sea
where sea turtles belong where munchkin
wanted to be then something amazing
happened after eight months of living
with her rescuers munchkin was feeling
healthy again her skin and shell were
the right turtley color and she had so
much energy to swim and play in the
water it was time to go home
the rescue team decided to release her
close to where she was found eight
months ago but they wanted to be sure
that you keep an eye on munchkin even
after she left them so they put a small
tracker on the back of her shell
which would let them watch how far and
how fast she swam and where her turtle
journeys would take her it was the day
of her release the rescuers gently put
munchkin into a truck
and drove her to the beach munchkin was
maybe a little nervous but once she got
there a crowd was waiting for her
everyone wanted to see munchkin head
home
Munchkin was finally ready
the rescuers will with her into the sand
and watched
it was almost like munchkin had stopped
to say goodbye and thank all the
rescuers for helping her
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then she crawled right into the waves
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and swam on
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the rescuers mix munchkin but they have
a lot to be happy about
by helping munchkin and other sea
turtles feel better and then by bringing
them back to the ocean the rescuers are
helping sea turtles everywhere
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