EL SALVADOR-GALAPAGOS GREE TURTLE-SURGERY
View of a fishhook extracted from a Galapagos green turtle's (Chelonia mydas agassisi) esophagus in San Salvador, El Salvador on October 18, 2013. Surgery to take the fishhook out was done by Dr. Abel Ciudad Real, a volunteer of the Zoological Foundation of El Salvador, who also operated another Galapagos green turtle with a head injure. Both turtles were rescued by volunteers at La Costa del Sol beach, 70 km. south of San Salvador after spawning. The Galapagos green turtle in an endangered species. AFP PHOTO/ Jose CABEZAS (Photo credit should read Jose CABEZAS/AFP via Getty Images)
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