A few stories on the internet are enough to cloud your eyes, and this Twitter thread describing how one man saved the offspring of a mother turtle is a perfect example of that. Shared on Twitter by Eric C. Martens, the story is a must see. Have some tissues handy when reading. “This story begins sadly, but has a happy ending: In early June, on my way home from work, I got out of my car to help a turtle in our neighborhood, only to find that a careless driver had already found it had it. run over and killed, ”says the legend of the first tweet. The thread goes on to describe how Martens brought the mother turtle home and performed a cesarean section to save her eggs.
“I brought her home, did a secondary euthanasia just to be sure and then my best attempt at a turtle C-section, which revealed 7 perfect eggs,” it adds.
The post further goes on to reveal how the mama turtle probably came out from the waterbody to search for a safe place to lay her eggs. Martens expresses how he put the seven eggs in incubation and the eggs started hatching on August 2.
Since being shared, the post has amassed over 7,000 likes and many reactions. People loved the happy ending of the story and thanked Martens for taking such good care of the baby turtles. “Heartwarming story, many thanks for sharing!” wrote a Twitter user. “Beautiful. The part where you do the c-section (wow) and the hatchlings peeking out of the egg is the best in the story. Makes my day,” commented another.