Doctors in the US state of Washington are hoping to save a rescued sea turtle by giving him treatment in an oxygen chamber.
Tucker became the first non-human to be treated in the hyperbaric chamber at Virginia Mason Hospital.
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The large turtle had internal gas bubbles that prevented him from staying underwater.
The team at the hospital are hoping putting him the chamber with 100% oxygen for two and a half hours a day will solve his buoyancy problems.
Image: Facebook/Virginia Mason
Once he can dive safely, he will be able to find food and avoid predators in the wild.
