A woman has now been arrested for riding a sea turtle in Florida.
Stephanie Marie Moore, aged 20, was one of two women pictures riding the sea turtle during a night on the beach in July.
The Snapchat image, which was circulated on Facebook and Twitter, prompting a criminal investigation by police and animal protection groups in Melbourne, Florida.
On Saturday, officers responding to a disturbance at a home recognized Moore from the photograph and detained her on suspicion of molesting a marine turtle.
She is being held on a $2,000 bond.
Animal cruelty is met with heavy penalties in Florida.
If guilty, she faces up to five years in prison and up to $10,000 in fines.
In most cases, including this one, where the animal is thought to have suffered unnecessary pain or suffered it is treated as a felony.
Sea turtles are endangered in Florida as illegal harvesting and pollution have left numbers dwindling.
They are protected under the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 and Florida’s Marine Turtle Protection Act.
