{"id":244311,"date":"2025-12-21T13:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T13:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/244311\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T13:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T13:11:15","slug":"bangkok-post-similan-sea-turtle-rescued-after-swallowing-tourists-wristband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/244311\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok Post &#8211; Similan sea turtle rescued after swallowing tourist\u2019s wristband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PUBLISHED : 20 Dec 2025 at 16:47<\/p>\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.bangkokpost.com\/v3\/assets\/images\/icon\/icon-text_size.svg\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"boxtextsize\">\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.bangkokpost.com\/v3\/assets\/images\/icon\/icon-text_size.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> \u00a0 Small<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.bangkokpost.com\/v3\/assets\/images\/icon\/icon-text_size.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> \u00a0 Medium<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.bangkokpost.com\/v3\/assets\/images\/icon\/icon-text_size.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> \u00a0 Large<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>                        <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/c1_3160418_251220153713_800.jpg\"   alt=\"A veterinarian tries to remove a 20cm wristband from a sea turtle that had inadvertently swallowed it, during a rescue operation at Mu Ko Similan National Park in Phangnga province. (Photos: Mu Ko Similan National Park)\" class=\"img-fluid\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                          A veterinarian tries to remove a 20cm wristband from a sea turtle that had inadvertently swallowed it, during a rescue operation at Mu Ko Similan National Park in Phangnga province. (Photos: Mu Ko Similan National Park)                        <\/p>\n<p>A sea turtle that unknowingly swallowed a plastic wristband handed to it by a tourist has finally been able to pass the object nearly a month later, according to veterinarians at Mu Ko Similan National Park in southern Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>Reports surfaced on Nov 21 that a visitor to the national park in Phangnga province had allowed a sea turtle, an endangered marine animal, to consume their wristband.<\/p>\n<p>Upon learning of the incident, park officials urgently located the turtle and transported it to the Sireetarn Marine Endangered Species Rescue Centre.<\/p>\n<p>At the facility, the foreign object was confirmed to be in the animal\u2019s digestible tract.<\/p>\n<p>Personnel closely monitored the health of the sea creature for 27 days before it was finally able to safely relieve itself of the 20-centimetre band on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Blood tests conducted after the movement have confirmed normal readings, and the turtle is now able to eat and defecate on its own.<\/p>\n<p>After a period of observation to ensure its safety, the turtle is to be returned to the wild off Koh Miang.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5897273.jpg\" alt=\"Similan sea turtle rescued after swallowing tourist's wristband\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5897278.jpg\" alt=\"Similan sea turtle rescued after swallowing tourist's wristband\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5897283.jpg\" alt=\"Similan sea turtle rescued after swallowing tourist's wristband\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PUBLISHED : 20 Dec 2025 at 16:47 \u00a0 Small \u00a0 Medium \u00a0 Large A veterinarian tries to remove&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[18,440,19,17,109719,128194,3476,133,37936,128193,391,5986,461],"class_list":{"0":"post-244311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-environment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-mu-ko-similan-national-park","13":"tag-phangnga","14":"tag-pollution","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-sea-turtle","17":"tag-similan","18":"tag-thailand","19":"tag-tourism","20":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115757730459974997","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}