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Coin-eating sea turtle nicknamed "Piggy Bank" dies from blood poisoning
A sea turtle nicknamed “Piggy Bank” after swallowing nearly 1,000 coins died Tuesday after undergoing two surgeries to remove the money from her stomach. The 25-year-old sea turtle in Bangkok, Thailand, fell into a coma after experiencing intestinal problems during her second procedure on Sunday. Doctors told BBC News the large sea creature died from blood poisoning, which she developed after the initial seven-hour operation on March 6 to remove coins weighing a total of 11 pounds from her body. Piggy Bank, also known as “Omsin” in Thai, was first discovered eating coins from a pond in the Chonburi province ... (full story)
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