Sea turtle dies after getting tangled in a fishing net – Prachuap Khiri Khan

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A Green Sea Turtle, tangled in a fishing net, has been washed up on a beach in Prachuap Khiri Khan.

The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources reports that they were notified that a dead sea turtle had been washed up on a beach in Bang Saphan, Prachuap Kiri Khan.

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The Green Sea turtle was 60 centimetres wide, 64 centimetres long and weighed 18 kilograms.

The turtle was already rotting when it was found tangled in the fishing net.

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