Employees at the National Sea Turtle Rescue Center have discovered that mayonnaise is incredibly effective in cleaning out the digestive tracks of sea turtles that were affected by the devastating oil spill that occurred last week.
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The spill, which the Nature and Parks Authority called one of the country's worst ecological disasters on record, coated most of Israel's 120 miles of Mediterranean coastline with sticky tar. It caused extensive damage to wildlife, including sea turtles.
Guy Ivgy, a medical assistant at the rescue center said that 11 turtles were being treated on site. "When the turtles arrived all their trachea from inside and outside was full of tar. We continue to feed them substances like mayonnaise, which practically clean the system and break down the tar."
The recovery process is expected to take a week or two, after which the turtles will be released back into the wild.
Thousands of volunteers have mobilized to remove tar from Israel's beaches, a task that is expected to take months.
Israel's Environmental Protection Ministry said it was investigating the cause of the spill.
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