A Japanese conservation group has said it plans to fit artificial front limbs to a sea turtle injured in a shark attack.
“We need to pay special attention as the limbs will have to be strong enough to (allow her) to climb up a beach,” Erika Akai, a researcher at the Sea Turtle Association of Japan, told AFP.
“She should eventually be able to lay eggs on a beach.”
PHOTO: AFP/THE SEA TURTLE ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN
The injured sea turtle, with a 74cm long shell, was named Yu after being rescued off southwestern Japan last summer, Akai said.
“Since we cannot release her like this, because her swimming ability is only at 60 percent of that of a healthy turtle, we decided to make prosthetic fins for her,” said Akai.
The association has set up a fund and asked Japan’s largest artificial limb maker in western Osaka prefecture to make the artificial fins.
(AFP)
日本一個保育團體表示，他們計畫為一隻遭鯊魚攻擊而失去前肢的海龜裝上義肢。
日本海龜協會研究員赤井繪里香對法新社說：「我們必須特別注意，因為這義肢必須堅固到足以（支撐她）爬上岸。」
「她最終必須要能回到沙灘上產卵。」
赤井表示，這隻受傷海龜去年夏天在日本西南部海域被救上岸後，被取名叫「悠」，她的龜殼有七十四公分長。
赤井說：「我們不能讓她在這樣的狀況下回到海裡，因為她的划水能力只有正常海龜的六成，所以我們決定替她裝義肢。」
該協會已成立一筆基金，並央請位於西部大阪縣的最大義肢製造商為她量身訂做義肢。
（法新社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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