Tossing a coin into a pool is believed to be good luck. But it proved to be terrible luck for a green sea turtle who consumed nearly 1,000 coins thrown into her pool. The female green sea turtle is ...

The hapless reptile underwent a 7-hour operation in Bangkok last week to remove five kilogrammes of coins from her digestive tract. The hapless reptile underwent a seven hour operation in Bangkok last ...

BANGKOK — Tossing coins in a fountain for luck is a popular superstition, but a similar belief brought misery to a sea turtle in Thailand from whom doctors have removed 915 coins. Veterinarians in ...

A sea turtle dubbed ‘Piggy Bank’ has had her fortunes restored after Thai vets removed 915 coins from her stomach — a deposit built up after years of gulping down good luck pennies tossed into its ...

BANGKOK, Thailand -- A Thai sea turtle found itself in the soup on Monday, when its expensive taste landed it on a surgeon's table. Veterinarians in Bangkok operated on the female green turtle -- ...