泰国海龟再次游泳——用假蹼

Thai turtle Goody lost her left flipper years ago after she was entangled in a fishing net, leaving her immobile and stressed out in captivity.

多年前，泰国龟古蒂在被渔网缠住后，失去了左鳍。在囚禁期间，古蒂动弹不得，倍感压力。

But now Goody, an endangered olive ridley sea turtle, can swim with ease again, after receiving Thailand’s first prosthetic flipper last week.

上周，这只名叫“古蒂”的濒临灭绝的榄蠵龟接受了泰国首例人工鳍状肢移植手术，现在它又可以自如地游泳了。

“She’s swimming much better and she’s learning to use the two flippers to turn. You can see the difference,” said Nantarika Chansue, a veterinarian who took part in the development of Goody’s prosthetic flipper.

“她游泳游得好多了，她正在学习用两个鳍来转身。你可以看到它们之间的区别。”参与了Goody假肢脚蹼研发的兽医Nantarika Chansue说。

Over the past year, Thai environment authorities and researchers at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok have been working to develop prostheses for injured sea turtles, following similar projects in Japan and the United States.

在过去的一年里，泰国环境当局和曼谷朱拉隆功大学的研究人员一直致力于为受伤的海龟研制假肢，此前在日本和美国也有类似的项目。