Sea turtle gets new sea legs -- er, flippers!

There may be millions of fish in the sea, but how many sea turtles have you seen with prosthetic flippers?!

By Amanda Sloane

updated 10:56 AM EST, Thu February 14, 2013

Scientists believe it was a shark attack that lead to this sea turtle losing her front flippers several years ago. Now she's back in the water in Kobe, Japan, with a new set of prosthetic flippers!

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