Even though it was covered, people picked it up one by one.

This week, fishermen spotted something they don’t usually see off the coast of Tasmania and realized it desperately needed help.

He was a big guy, about 220 pounds, but very weak. He couldn’t even drown and was covered by a barn, indicating that he had been sick for some time.

“Sea turtles are rare in Tasmanian waters and this turtle was in poor condition,” wrote the Marine Conservation Program (MCP), which came to the rescue after fishermen caught the turtle and brought it in to search for it. Please help.

According to the MKP, the turtle was left overnight at the fish market and taken to a veterinary clinic the next day.

Veterinarians took X-rays to check whether he had consumed fishing gear or plastic. According to MCP, loggerhead turtles are often mistaken for jellyfish because they eat plastic bags.

Fortunately, this turtle appears to have escaped these dangers.

So rescuers gave him strengthening fluid and removed the shells one by one.