In this second image you see the friend of the hooked sea turtle closing in to try to help his hurting friend. You also see the floating plastic bottle buoy which is attached to the hooked turtle's front left flipper.
In this amazing image you see the friend of a hooked sea turtle attempt to actually bite off the plastic bottle buoy that is hampering the swimming ability of the hooked turtle. This could be a tragic loss of a turtle's life...but it wasn't. Continue to next two images to find out what happened.
The sad sight of a hooked Maui Sea Turtle trying to survive. The hook in his flipper, attached to that plastic floating bottle, is keeping this turtle from moving naturally. See next image for how this all ended...