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Veterinarians laboured for seven hours to remove 915 coins weighing five kilogrammes from a sea turtle suffering chronic stomach ache.

“It is hard to imagine how it swallowed such a large number of coins. I've never seen such a case before," said Pasakorn Brikshavana, of Chulalongkorn University's faculty of veterinary science.

They spent seven hours helping "Om Sin", half of the time scooping out the coins -- both local and foreign -- from its stomach.

The surgeons did not expect the surgery on the unfortunate ailing turtle to take so long - until faced with the huge coin cache in its stomach, which required a bigger cut than they originally planned.

https://www.bangk...ick-turtle

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En havskildpadde har slugt mere end 900 mønter i Thailand. Nu har den fået bortopereret metallet.

At kaste mønter ned i en brønd for at få sine ønsker opfyldt er en populær overtro - men i praksis har det skabt store problemer for en havskildpadde i byen Si Racha i Thailand.

http://nyheder.tv...-fra-maven

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Suffering coin-swallowing turtle dies

Orm Sin the coin-swallowing sea turtle died on Tuesday morning after lapsing into a coma following a second operation to repair its tangled insides.

The veterinary team at Chulalongkorn University decided additional surgery was needed to resolve complications after more than 900 coins were removed from its stomach in a nine-hour operation weeks ago