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 ...

The hapless reptile underwent a 7-hour operation in Bangkok last week to remove five kilogrammes of coins from her digestive tract. A sea turtle dubbed Piggy Bank for swallowing nearly 1,000 coins ...

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 ...

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai veterinarian says a 25-year-old sea turtle has slipped into a coma two weeks after it had life-saving surgery to remove 915 coins from its stomach. Tourists seeking good fortune ...

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 -- ...

The 25-year-old turtle underwent a gruelling seven-hour surgery on Monday to remove the five kilogramme hoard of coins. Piggy Bank had lived for two decades in a public park and had swallowed the ...

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 ...