Don't throw coins near turtles:
Veterinarians laboured for seven hours to remove 915 coins weighing five kilogrammes from a sea turtle suffering chronic stomach ache. [...] Last month, Om Sin, Thai for piggy bank, was sent to the faculty from the Sea Turtle Conservation Centre of the Royal Thai Navy in Sattahip district in Chonburi last month after it barely swam. A CT scan at the university shocked vets when they saw the mound of coins. [...] According to Thai belief, throwing coins into a turtle pond would stop bad luck.
Also at Washington Post, NPR, Smithsonian, and The Guardian (video).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 07 2017, @09:07AM (1 child)
How much do the coins total to?
(Score: 2) by inertnet on Tuesday March 07 2017, @09:46AM
I read somewhere that they didn't check because the coins were from various countries and part of them were badly corroded.