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Sea turtle dies from being fed coins
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The turtle was called Piggy Bank because people fed her coins. It was supposed to bring them luck. It didn't bring Piggy Bank luck. The coins formed a mass in her stomach that weighed her down and nearly drowned her. The surgeons removed 915 coins.
It looked luck she might recover, but sadly no she did not.

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&..._TAHiWwdUg

It seems that feeding coins to turtles is a common practice and it shortens their lives. If any good can come from Piggy Bank's death it will be the publicity about how wrong and how dangerous it is to feed coins to turtles.
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Catherine

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#2
How very sad.
But how idiotic that people would feed COINS to a turtle! Don't they know that that no creature can eat coins? How would THEY feel with a belly full of coins?
That poor turtle. And she is not really called "Piggy Bank". She really has a beautiful name that those idiots who gave her metal instead of food, or instead of just leaving her alone, have no chance of ever hearing.
But thanks to those who tried to help her.
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#3
Her death is sad. I just hope it makes people think before they feed coins to any other turtle.

What are people thinking when they do these things. People keep feeding inappropriate foods to animals and the results are very bad. Many animals suffer and die because of thoughtless humans. No matter how many signs zoos put up they still catch people feeding the animals, usually something not suitable for the animal.
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