A Rare Sea Turtle Traveled 5,000 Miles and Got Slathered in KY Jelly. Now He’s Finally Going Home.

A Rare Sea Turtle Traveled 5,000 Miles and Got Slathered in KY Jelly. Now He’s Finally Going Home.

Humans seem preternaturally drawn to stories of animals surviving long journeys across a city, state, or country. Those Homeward Bound movies probably had something to do with it. Today, we have one such story, this one involving a rare sea turtle that traveled roughly 5,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico to Wales. As The […] The post A Rare Sea Turtle Traveled 5,000 Miles and Got Slathered in KY Jelly. Now He’s Finally Going Home. appeared first…

Sea turtle completes remarkable journey

A critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle rescued from a Welsh beach has been flown more than 5,000 miles back to the United States ahead of its planned release into the Gulf of Mexico.