Hundreds of critically-endangered turtles take their first wild swim in Cambodia's Mekong River, after being released from captivity by the Wildlife Conservation Society. Monks bless the baby reptiles -- also known as "frog-faced turtles" -- before helping conservationists and eager children send them into the Mekong's muddy waters.

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