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Ninja Turtle?

By Matt J. Weiss, April 11, 2009 @ 01:00 AM (EST)

It's no ordinary wetsuit. A rescued green sea turtle is no longer swimming in circles, thanks to a new ninja suit.

Allison, a five-year-old green sea turtle, is finally back on the straight and narrow after losing three of her flippers in a shark attack in 2005. With only one good flipper, she was confined to shallow water, forced to swim solely in counterclockwise circles.

"There really isn't a whole lot you can do with a turtle that swims in circles and can't surface and can't dive," Jeff George said.

Allison was rescued by Sea Turtle Inc., a Texas-based non-profit that helps rehabilitate injured sea turtles. After helping her heal from her traumatic wounds, rescuers designed a special neoprene "ninja" suit made out of wetsuit material that straps over her shell, complete with a carbon fiber fin on the back, helping her now swim in a straight line.

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