Dead turtle washes up on the shores of Koh Samui



KOH SAMUI: -- On the 29th of March 2015 the Samui Rescue team were called to the stretch of beach in front of the Samui Orchid Resort Moo 2 Maret after a tourist informed them of a large dead turtle they had come across on the beach.

The female turtle was 87cm long and 81 cm wide aged approximately 30 years old weighing around 100kg. A representative of the fisheries department estimated she had been dead for around ten days.

A wound was found where the shell meets the body, a biopsy was taken of the matter protruding from the wound to be sent to the Marine Coastal Conservation Centre to try to establish the cause of death.

Turtles are a protected species under the Wildlife Protection Act of 2535. It is thought the remains of the turtle will be buried.


-- Samui Times 2015-03-30

Very sad, I hate reading stuff like this, these are such nice creators that should be enjoying a swim in the sea

Was it foul play?

Has somebody drowned it?

Was the mafia involved?

All these unanswered questions that I hope once more our brilliant police will rush to the scene to investigate........

Makes a change from dead bodies turning up !

RIP Turtle.

regards Worgeordie

At least this time it wasn't another tourist.

What is this body of water coming to???!!!?!?!?!?!?!??! Suicide??? Murder????? I bet the farang polluted the water!!!!!

The water used to be safe ...... well before Jaws....... now i don't get within 13 miles of the strange liquid.

I was spending my whole life saving land creatures.......but now i must consider creatures of the sea......i must!!!

There is a dead Gekko in the hallway of my apartment. Do I get in the prime time news on tv tonight?

It might if it was 30 years old, as rare as the turtle and shared it's fate