Video: Sea turtle flaps flippers in 1st rehab swim after coin-removal surgery

25-year-old green sea turtle "Bank" receives rehabilitation treatment at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, March 10, 2017. Veterinarians operated on Bank Monday to remove 915 coins weighing 5 kilograms (11 pounds) from her stomach, which she swallowed after misguided human passers-by tossed coin into her pool for good luck in eastern Thailand.
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit

25-year-old green sea turtle "Bank" receives rehabilitation treatment at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, March 10, 2017. Veterinarians operated on Bank Monday to remove 915 coins weighing 5 kilograms (11 pounds) from her stomach, which she swallowed after misguided human passers-by tossed coin into her pool for good luck in eastern Thailand.

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