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Sue Surkes is The Times of Israel s environment reporter.
Feeding time for the six lucky turtles that survived an oil spill and are being treated at the National Sea Turtle Rescue Center at Michmoret, northern Israel, March 2, 2012. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
Flapping their tiny flippers, the baby sea turtles were not enjoying their moment of fame in front of the cameras.
But they are lucky to be alive after what has been, in turtle terms, the gravest oil spill-related disaster in living memory.
On February 18, following serious storms, vast quantities of tar began appearing along most of Israel’s 195 kilometers of Mediterranean coastline, apparently resulting from an oil spill at sea, which is still being investigated.