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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday March 07 2017, @06:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the that's-a-lot-of-coin dept.

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).


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  • (Score: 2) by Subsentient on Tuesday March 07 2017, @10:02PM

    by Subsentient (1111) on Tuesday March 07 2017, @10:02PM (#476185) Homepage Journal

    According to Thai belief, throwing coins into a turtle pond would stop bad luck.

    Really. Seems to cause it for turtles.

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