Rescued olive ridley sea turtle is too buoyant to be able to dive for food but experts hope to change that with decompression treatmentVets possess put a rescued sea turtle into a hyperbaric chamber,normally used to treat human divers suffering the bends, in a bid to remove gas bubbles in its body that stop it diving.
Experts from Seattle will test the buoyancy of Tucker the 20-year-ancient endangered olive ridley sea turtle on Friday in the hope that they can one day release him back into the ocean.
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Source: theguardian.com