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World’s toughest turtle? Survivor among 8 returned to ocean

Workers with Sea Turtle Recovery hold a rehabilitated turtle before releasing it back into the ocean in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. on Aug. 2, 2022. The group released eight turtles that had been injured or sick, bringing to 85 the total number of turtles the group has healed and returned to the ocean since Dec. 2016. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) A turtle crawls through the sand on its way to the ocean in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. on Aug. 2, 2022 after being released by a group that rehabilitated it. Sea Turtle Recovery released eight turtles that had been injured or sick, bringing to 85 the total number of turtles the group has healed and returned to the ocean since Dec. 2016. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) Bill Deerr, a leader of Sea Turtle Recovery, holds Titan, a rehabilitated turtle before releasing it back into the ocean in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. on Aug. 2, 2022. Titan survived being gashed by a boat propeller, having part of a flipper bitten off by a shark, and was being attacked by a different shark when two fishermen intervened and saved him. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) A turtle crawls into the surf in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. on Aug. 2, 2022 after being released by a group that rehabilitated it. Sea Turtle Recovery released eight turtles that had been injured or sick, bringing to 85 the total number of turtles the group has healed and returned to the ocean since Dec. 2016. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) A turtle crawls through the sand on its way to the ocean in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. on Aug. 2, 2022 after being released by a group that rehabilitated it. Sea Turtle Recovery released eight turtles that had been injured or sick, bringing to 85 the total number of turtles the group has healed and returned to the ocean since Dec. 2016. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) A turtle crawls through the sand on its way to the ocean in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. on Aug. 2, 2022 after being released by a group that rehabilitated it. Sea Turtle Recovery released eight turtles that had been injured or sick, bringing to 85 the total number of turtles the group has healed and returned to the ocean since Dec. 2016. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)