The U.S. Coast Guard spent hours searching for a boat in distress off Bermuda's coast -- even scrambling a rescue plane from the U.S. mainland -- only to find a turtle behind it all.
(5th paragraph)"They pulled a turtle out of the water, and found it was somehow caught up in a rope with the beacon," Pike said, adding that "I don't know what state the turtle was in."
Poor little turtle. Just shows how much trash there is in the oceans. (well, a beacon may be valuable to us, but the turtle just had his quiet day interrupted).
schadeaux
Apr 18 2003, 09:54 PM
There's a lesson in there somewhere, I just know it...
Loonboy
Apr 19 2003, 09:44 AM
The lesson is: turtle fame only lasts for 15 mins.
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