3 min read This Guy Buys Turtles From Food Market And Takes Them Right Back To The Ocean

Pulled from the ocean to be sold as food, two sea turtles in Papua New Guinea faced almost certain death. But thanks to one man's compassion, they found their way home instead. For fewer than 40 U.S. dollars, Arron Culling and a co-worker were able to buy the turtles' freedom, later sharing photos of the impromptu rescue operation on social media.

"[F]ound these at the local market," Culling wrote on Facebook on Thursday, "got them for 50 bucks drove 5km up the road and let them go."

These aren't the first turtles the men have set free, either. According to Culling, him and his co-worker have bought and released about 10.