14 DAY TRIAL // Back in 2012, the staff at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi took five endangered turtles under their care. Following a rehabilitation period which lasted for nearly a year, the turtles were successfully released in the wild.
Sources say four of these animals were Kemp's Ridley sea turtles, whereas the fifth was a green sea turtle.
By the looks of it, the green sea turtle was the most eager to return to its home in the ocean, hence its darting towards the water as soon as it was given the opportunity to do so.
The four Kemp's Ridley sea turtles chose to take their time and take in the smell of freedom before heading for the ocean.
“I always like to tell people when you release a Kemp’s Ridleys they kind of move away real slow, kind of easily, when you release a Green they kind of take off fast. So it’s kind of fun to release both but the Greens are definitely faster,” ecologist Jonathan Pitchford reportedly said.