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Green Sea Turtle
This Green Sea Turtle was rescued from the Sea Grass Beds in Moreton Bay, Brisbane. He is the third turtle in four weeks to be rescued and lucky for him, the only one to survive. We are extremely lucky to have the largest population of marine life close to a major city in the world, however it is being threatened by pollution. This turtle, like its fellow rescues, had swalloed a plastic bag. The main source of food for a turtle are Sea Jellys and unfortunately plastic bags look too much like them. When a turtle eats a plastic bag it gets stuck in its gut, causing it to be unable to dive under water. This means that the turtle cant eat. This is a slow and painful death and as the lifespan of a plastic bag is 10 years, the chances of one bag killing more then one turtle is extremely high.
Please be aware of your bags when you go fishing and recycle plastic bags wherever possible. The correct disposure of these destructive objects will inevitably save our marine turtles.
This lovely boy was sent to Sea World where he was operated on to retrieve the bag. Whilst he came through the operation, he was severely malnourished and his recovery will be very slow. Heres hoping he will be able to be released back to the wild to live out the remainder of his years. We estimated him to be around 30 years of age. A teenager in Turtle years.
Green Sea Turtle
This Green Sea Turtle was rescued from the Sea Grass Beds in Moreton Bay, Brisbane. He is the third turtle in four weeks to be rescued and lucky for him, the only one to survive. We are extremely lucky to have the largest population of marine life close to a major city in the world, however it is being threatened by pollution. This turtle, like its fellow rescues, had swalloed a plastic bag. The main source of food for a turtle are Sea Jellys and unfortunately plastic bags look too much like them. When a turtle eats a plastic bag it gets stuck in its gut, causing it to be unable to dive under water. This means that the turtle cant eat. This is a slow and painful death and as the lifespan of a plastic bag is 10 years, the chances of one bag killing more then one turtle is extremely high.
Please be aware of your bags when you go fishing and recycle plastic bags wherever possible. The correct disposure of these destructive objects will inevitably save our marine turtles.
This lovely boy was sent to Sea World where he was operated on to retrieve the bag. Whilst he came through the operation, he was severely malnourished and his recovery will be very slow. Heres hoping he will be able to be released back to the wild to live out the remainder of his years. We estimated him to be around 30 years of age. A teenager in Turtle years.