Our Trash Takes a Life
We shouldn’t need reminders to pick up our trash and clean up after ourselves. Especially these kind of reminders. A Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle has lost its life to abandoned fishing line, possibly one of the most dangerous things to leave behind at the end of a fishing excursion. This particular turtle ended up caught in the line which was also caught on the reef; the turtle drowned because it couldn’t surface for air. Thankfully, another sea turtle in the Maldives was much luckier. Hopefully, its flipper is able to recover completely without rehab. While I admire the quick thinking of the people on this boat, I wonder if contacting a local rehabilitation facility should have been in order.
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Turtle News From Around the World
Ecology
Maryland’s annual state-wide survey takes a census of Diamondback Terrapins.
In Bermuda, a pair of fisherman act quickly to save a sea turtle that swallowed their hook and line.
Biology
Rare albino Green Sea Turtles have hatched on Vamizi Island, Mozambique. This is an albino story that will fascinate both morph lovers and conservation lovers alike.
Breeding & Nesting Season
Juno Beach on Jupiter Island in north Palm Beach County, FL keeps a scoreboard of all the sea turtle nests laid.
Education
Sea Turtle Camp is offering a 14-day trip to Costa Rica for teens interested in marine biology and conservation.
Did You Knowโฆ
The amount of sea turtle and marine mammal deaths each year from ocean pollution and ingestion or entanglement in marine debris are estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands. More than 267 different species of life are known to have suffered from entanglement or ingestion of plastic marine debris.
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Photo by Juan Oliphant
