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Man goes viral for saving wayward baby sea turtle 'the right way'

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A man named Luis Zelaya rescued a sea turtle hatchling found on a sidewalk far from the beach and released it onto sand so it could complete its critical imprinting journey to the ocean, a video that garnered 3.6 million TikTok views.

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