A type of turtle only found in the Gulf of Mexico has been washed up on a Dutch beach and taken to the Scheveningen Sea Life centre to recover.

The Kemps Ridley is the smallest type of sea turtle and one of the most threatened species in the world. It was found on the beach at Monster, just south of The Hague at the weekend.
The turtle, nicknamed Flip, weighs 1.85 kilos and is 35 centimetres long. Once the animal has recovered, it will be released back into the wild, Sea Life manager Wybo Wijnbergen said in a statement.
Last week a Kemps Ridley turtle which washed up on the Dutch shore in 2008 was released back into the Gulf. It had been cared for in Rotterdam’s Blijdorp zoo, news agency ANP said.