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For example, the polar bear represents the Arctic, sea turtles serve as ambassadors to the sea, the bald eagle is iconic to North America and the giant panda symbolizes conservation efforts in China.

The Kemp's ridley sea turtle is now fighting fit, and Anglesey Sea Zoo said Rhossi was ready to be released back into the wild off the coast of the US.

In an emotional reunion with his brother in Paita, near the Ecuadorian border, on Friday, he described how he had eaten roaches and birds before resorting to sea turtles.

Not only that, the couple had a trophy of their own, the skull of a green sea turtle, and it was with them aboard that very plane.

Plastic straws were also noted sticking out of sea turtle nostrils, and sickening or killing seabirds, fish, manatees, dolphins and other marine mammals.