Cook Islands Sea Turtle Blows Underwater Bubbles
A sea turtle blew an impressive stream of bubbles while chilling beneath the waves off Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Footage shared earlier this month by photographer https://www.instagram.com/p/CcCICeAtZ4E/ Charlotte Piho shows the beautiful turtle resting on the seabed with its head raised to blow bubbles. Piho told Storyful that she calls the sea turtle "Aria," and said the bubble-blowing reptile was "quite the entertainer" and her "guardian underwater angel." According to KHON2, Waikiki Aquarium curator Tony McEwan said the turtle may have been blowing bubbles to https://www.khon2.com/local-news/watch-have-you-ever-seen-a-sea-turtle-blow-bubbles/ control buoyancy . (Footage by Charlotte Piho/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)





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