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Watch veterinarian Joe Flanagan rescue and nurse a turtle back to health after she washed up in some fishing nets in Galveston bay in Texas.
In a video released by Houston Zoo the turtle, affectionately known as Lyndsey, is seen being brought into the zoo and then released by Flanagan back into the ocean several months later.
He explains that when she came in she was weak, depressed, already missing an eye, and covered in algae.
Flanagan said, "When I have the opportunity to give it a second chance its one of the greatest experiences of my life."
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