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Nature experts are fearing the worst after well-meaning beachgoers released a tropical sea turtle back into Kent’s cold waters. The lost marine reptile, usually found in warm continental oceans, was discovered washed up on Dungeness beach, where the sea is just 10°C. But rather than notifying the authorities members of the public accidentally placed the turtle in harm’s way, according to the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR). The incident on Monday comes after two others became stranded elsewhere in England last week, following a succession of storms understood to have pushed them off …

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