If you think that you have seen everything in the world of adorable animals, just wait, because you have never seen Yu, a turtle living at a water life park in Kobe, Japan, who has prosthetic flippers. Yu lost her flippers in a shark attack, and could only swim about half as fast as usual. Scientists made 26 versions of a prosthetic before finally figuring out a way to secure them to a vest. A turtle in a vest? Can you resist?
Yu is 25, weighs about 200 pounds, and, like most sea turtles, is expected to live to about 50. She is not the first sea turtle to be fitted with prosthetics; this, is, however, the first time they have worked so well. We are happy to see that Yu is doing so well and swimming with such agility, and are considering a trip to Japan see her in person. In turtle. Whatever.
