12 green sea turtles released back into the Gulf after being rehabilitated in Texas [Video]

A dozen sea turtles are swimming freely in their oceanic home thanks to animal experts in Texas who help rehabilitate them back to good health. The green sea turtles were each released into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in Galveston, Texas.The Houston Zoo’s Dr. Joe Flanagan told KHOU that nearly two dozen turtles were in danger in January when they got stranded in Galveston Bay and Matagorda Bay.”When they were found by our team or the A&M team, their body temperature was at freezing or just slightly above which is not compatibly with life,” Flanagan told KHOU.The zoo worked with The Texas A&M Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research to nurse a dozen of the green sea turtles back to health. “They are healed from their injuries but they still have a long time ahead of them, these animals live 75 to 100 years maybe even longer.”By Wednesday, the …