BIDDEFORD -- Six Kemp's ridley turtles and two green sea turtles are safe and sound here, now that they are in the hands of caretakers from the University of New England's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center.

The turtles will be rehabilitated there and then released to the wild.

The eight endangered turtles were nicknamed by the New England Aquarium rescue biologists Goose, Iceman, Chiquita, Knievel, Forest, Petunia, Dash Parr, and Yoshi.

These turtles are an endangered species. To watch a video about their travels to Biddeford, from the New England Aquarium in Boston click here.

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