Tzahi was positioned in his hide photographing shore birds when he spotted a Balkan pond turtle walking in the shallow water. At first, he wasn’t interested in it and carried on watching the birds. It ...

The footage shows McClain walking barefoot across a rocky beach before bending down to gently touch a sleeping turtle. “Just found this turtle gem,” McClain wrote alongside the video.

Her sister Sierra McClain was filming. In a now-deleted video once posted to her Instagram page, she’s seen walking up to to the turtles and begins touching them. One environmental activist says ...