A TURTLE injured after being hit by a boat has come to live in the world's oldest aquarium.
Antiopi - a loggerhead turtle - is coming to take up home at Sea Life Brighton in Marine Parade.
She has been in captivity since being rescued off the coast of Zakynthos, Greece, in 2001.
Her skull was fractured into three pieces after being struck by a boat, and the resulting neurological issues mean she cannot be released back into the wild.
Antiopi has been living at the Scarborough Sea Life for the past 20 years, where she has made the ocean display her home.
However, after being moved by a specialist animal transporter, she will now spend the rest of her life at the Sea Life Brighton, where there is a specifically developed turtle beach.
Anitopi will live alongside resident green sea turtles Lulu and Gulliver, who will be celebrating their 82nd birthdays this month.
Neil Harris, general manager of Sea Life Brighton, said: "It has been great to welcome Antiopi to the ocean tank at Sea Life Brighton, and she is settling into her new environment really well.
"The team have been so excited to meet Scarborough's resident 'shell-ebrity' loggerhead turtle, and Antiopi is being made to feel at home in Brighton. We look forward to guests meeting her when they visit.
"To get even closer, guests can now book our VIP turtle feeding time experience and see them from above the water in our glass bottom boat."
At Sea Life Brighton, Anitopi will join other sea creatures such as black tip reef sharks and stingrays.
The turtle will be leaving behind a team of people who have looked after her for the last two decades.
Andy Turner, general manager of Sea Life Scarborough, said: "We are sad to see Antiopi leave Sea Life Scarborough as she is a firm favourite with our visitors and team.
"Animal welfare is always our top priority, and we are always striving to learn and develop to provide the best care possible for all our animals.
"It's important for Antiopi to trial using the specially-developed turtle beach at the Brighton aquarium.
"We will monitor her progress with the Sea Life Brighton team and hope to develop a working turtle beach of our own.
"We will be keeping our visitors updated with how she gets on down in Brighton – we just hope she sends us a postcard."
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