5kg of coins removed from turtle

5kg of coins removed from turtle

Thai vets have found 5kg of coins inside a green sea turtle named Omsin and it had been living at a conservation centre in Sriracha, Chonburi, east of the Thai capital of Bangkok.The turtle had eaten the 900 coins after they were thrown into her enclosure for good luck.The coins and other objects were removed from Omsin, which means piggy bank in Thai. The coins weighed 5kg with the turtle itself weighing 59kg. The vets said they believed the seven-hour-long operation was the world’s first such surgery.