See a Turtle Tangled in Cocaine Bales Freed | National Geographic

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Discovery in the Pacific: A sea turtle was spotted in the eastern Pacific Oce

an by a U.S. Coast Guard cutter, trapped amidst a massive amount of illegal narcotics [00:01].

Entanglement: The turtle was tangled in lines conn

ecting over two dozen bundles of cocaine that were floating in the water [00:17].

Rescue Operation: The boat crew acted swiftly to cut the lines

wrapped tightly around the turtle's neck [00:35].

Seizure Details: The Coast Guard successfully recovered 75 feet of line and 1,800 pounds of coc

aine [00:45].

Street Value: The bundles contained an estimated $53 million worth of the illegal narcotic [00:56].

Conservation Context: The video

highlights that sea turtles remain an endangered species, continuously threatened and killed for their meat and eggs [01:11].

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Viewer Discussion & Comments

@NatGeo

Sea turtles are endangered species due to poaching, exploitation and other human activities. What do you think about this rescue operation of a sea turtle by the U.S. Coast Guard?

@jamesoloughlin8268

U just robbed that turtle of millions bro

@noaccount4

Gangsta turtles

@TwennyGeee

“Freed”

@Dolmio24

Trust me that Turtle did not want to be saved.

@yeezybandit

The richest sea turtle alive!

@adamb2709

World record for most expensive necklace

@Ham_rig97

time to get a boat and start lookin🚢

@senioritaporpredor

to be fair, the turtle probably saw it as a way into a life of luxury, and you just took it away from it..

@plqskov1504

I dont want to be in that turtle place when she went back to the cartel to explain what happened

@benhess807

Good job turtle! 🐢

@williamkennison8920

See it does snow in the east Pacific.

@AzlianaLyana

Why turtle, why? You're an endangered species. You could have taken a much safer job. Like delivering pizza or something.. But no... You wanted to be cool and do cocaine.

@ronswanson2241

1800 lb of cocaine so Charlie Sheen went without Coke for one day

@rodb5026

That`s was a long trip, all the way from Colombia. That must be the ninja turtle.....