According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, officers patrolling spotted the turtle tangled in the floating marker (used to identify where lobster traps have been set at the bottom of the ocean) and were able to cut the ropes, which had become wrapped around the turtle’s lower abdomen, to set it free. “Saving such a large animal required a great deal of skill and the officers involved in the rescue should be commended for their knowledge and boatmanship,” commented Joe Martens, DEC Commissioner. Not only are leatherback turtles the largest turtles in the world (growing as long as 7 feet, and weighing up to a ton), they are the fourth largest modern day reptiles...
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