The sudden, brutal winter storms that hit the southern US earlier this month have left an impact of a lot of people - and a lot of animals. Among those suffering from the big chill were countless sea turtles, left cold-stunned by the frigid temperatures. Even among all of the chaos and confusion that the storms brought, zoos and aquariums were able to rescue many turtles, rehabilitate them, and return them to the ocean. Here are a few being released off the coast of Texas.
What you aren't seeing in this brief, happy video is all of the hard work and heartache that went into trying to rescue so many sick and injured animals, more than a few of which didn't make.
You also don't see all of the newly-released turtles swimming around to the other side of the boat, forming a line so that they can go down the slide again. At least, that's what I like to think is happening.
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