In Israel, mayo provides miracle for endangered turtles

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By ARIEL SCHALIT

MICHMORET, Israel (AP) — When it comes to saving sea turtles, Israeli rescuers have discovered that mayonnaise is a miracle.

Employees at Israel’s National Sea Turtle Rescue Center are treating endangered green sea turtles affected by a devastating oil spill that has coated Israel’s coast with thick black tar.

The spill, which Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority has called one of the country’s worst ecological disasters on record, has coated most of Israel’s 120 miles (195 kilometers) of Mediterranean coastline with sticky tar. It has caused extensive damage to wildlife, including sea turtles.

Guy Ivgy, a medical assistant at the Sea Turtle Rescue Center in Michmoret, north of Tel Aviv, said 11 turtles are being treated. The center is run by Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority.



A 6-month-old green sea turtle is cleaned from tar after an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea at Israel's Sea Turtle Rescue Center, in Michmoret, Israel, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Only six sea turtles were rescued and survived after a disastrous oil spill that has blackened most of the country's shoreline and reached beaches of neighboring Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)


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[SunSeeker]

1. WTF -- why is Isreal hiding who did this damage??

On Monday, an Israeli court barred publication of all details of the investigation, including the name of the suspected ship believed to have spilled the oil, its route and ports of call. An Israeli journalists’ association petitioned the court on Tuesday to have the order lifted.

[R Merm]

5. There are reports of a suspected ship

https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-greek-tanker-suspected-in-oil-spill-that-has-polluted-israeli-beaches/

[riversedge]

2. wonderful to see mayo works on the turtles.

[Blue Owl]

3. Wow, who'd have thought?

The turtles can have my mayo -- I hate the stuff...

[James48]

4. So a ship spilled all this oil??

I know Israel was developing some offshore drilling not long ago. Two newer gas fields are now pumping natural gas, and maybe they hit some oil(?) who knows-

But this is from a ship?

I’d definitely like to know more.

[torius]

6. The Mayo Clinic? nt

[Duppers]

7. 😄

Cute.

[Tommy Carcetti]

8. Turtles: Truly the Chuggo of the sea.