Funday Is Here Once Again ~ Sea Turtles

 

Under the burning morning sun, she lay still — a massive leatherback sea turtle trapped between a tree and thick brush, her flipper bleeding, her shell scorched. She had come ashore to nest but lost her way, caught between land and death.

Then came the rescuers.

A team of conservationists ran to her side, pouring saltwater over her burning skin, digging through the earth with bare hands to free her. For a moment, she didn’t move — and then, she did. A twitch. A breath. A push. Inch by inch, she made her way toward the waves.

When the ocean finally touched her flipper, she came alive again — surging forward and disappearing into the sea.

She lived because someone showed up. Because someone cared enough to act.

A reminder that even the ancient fall — and sometimes, survival depends on nothing more than a few people willing to push a tree.