According to Correio da Manhã on Monday, biologists at the Algarve marine and leisure park, nototious for its crowd-pleasing dolphin displays, confirmed that the giant sea turtle “was placed in a larger tank at the rescue centre (Porto d’Abrigo do Zoomarine) in Albufeuira, “but has not accepted food since arriving at  Zoomarine’s reception centre.”

There a risk that the turtle may develop pneumonia due to the inhalation of water. According to the CM, biologists at Zoomarine are keeping a 24 hoiur watch and hope soon to return the creature to its natural habitat.