VIDEO: Loggerhead turtle receives new artificial front legs

02/12/2013

VIDEO: Loggerhead turtle receives new artificial front legs

Yu, an approximately 25-year-old female loggerhead turtle, receives her 27th pair of artificial front legs at the Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe on Feb. 12. Yu lost her front legs during a shark attack. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)

Yu goes for a swim after receiving her new pair of artificial front legs at the Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)

Watch Yu in action:

Posted by at 01:13:07 PM in Animals, Asia pacific

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02/12/2013