A young volunteer carries Bay, a 11-pound Kemp's Ridley sea turtle to the ocean during the release of rehabilitated sea turtles August 6, 2014 in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. The turtle which is critically endangered accidentally swallowed a fishing hook and had it surgically removed by the sea turtle hospital at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston.

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A young volunteer carries Bay, a 11-pound Kemp's Ridley sea turtle to the ocean during the release of rehabilitated sea turtles August 6, 2014 in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. The turtle which is critically endangered accidentally swallowed a fishing hook and had it surgically removed by the sea turtle hospital at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston.

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Size: 5116px × 3411px
Location: Isle of Palms, South Carolina, USA
Photo credit: © Richard Ellis / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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