{"id":27487,"date":"2019-11-10T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T07:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=27487"},"modified":"2020-05-22T14:38:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T12:38:06","slug":"plastic-bag-sea-turtles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/plastic-bag-sea-turtles\/","title":{"rendered":"A Plastic Bag as a last meal: Sea Turtles are victims of Plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another victim<\/strong> of plastic. Despite the effort of the vets, the example of Caretta Caretta, a species of\u00a0sea turtles,<\/strong> rescued along the Muravera coast (Sardinia) by a little boy called Gabriele passed away.\u00a0Unfortunately, this is just one of the countless cases of death of sea creatures.<\/p>\n

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Two Caretta Caretta sea turtles playing at sea, Eco cruising photo, via wikipedia<\/div><\/div>\n

Plastic, the silent killer of seas and oceans<\/h2>\n

The experts claim that together with trawl fishing, plastic<\/strong> is the main killer<\/strong> of turtles. The presence of plastic in the ocean doesn\u2019t only suffocate these species, it also compromises nidifications.<\/p>\n

52% of sea turtles have ingested plastic<\/h2>\n

As claimed by a study of the University of Queensland published on Global Change Biology<\/a>, at least 52%<\/strong> of these poor creatures have ingested debris<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This happens because unfortunately, turtles can\u2019t distinguish plastic bags from jellyfish<\/strong>, and once they have swallowed them, there\u2019s no chance to go back and make up for it. Not one hundred, not ten, one single plastic bag is enough to lead a turtle to death<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Plastic ingestion and its consequences<\/h2>\n

On balance, there are two possible fates for these animals, and none of them is preferable to the other: death or health-damaging. There is a long list of severe damages<\/strong> that can be caused by plastic ingestion<\/strong>, poisoning, and intestinal obstruction and perforation are just some examples. But a slow death is the worst of all deaths. Sometimes the presence of debris doesn\u2019t damage organs but makes the turtle feel sated. Eventually, the animal ends up starving<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The threat represented by plastic ensured that the Caretta Caretta was included in the IUCN red list of endangered species<\/a>, at top of which we spot the olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea)<\/em> as the most at\u2010risk turtle species.<\/p>\n

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Photo by watersshannon05S, via Flickr<\/div><\/div>\n

How much do we pollute?<\/h2>\n

Unfortunately, talking about pollution<\/strong> means dealing with big numbers. Our country produces 4 million tons<\/strong> of garbage,80%<\/strong> of which comes from the industrial packaging, and every year pours 0,5 tons<\/strong> of plastic rubbish in the natural environment. To make it clearer, it has been registered that more than 33 thousand<\/strong> of bottles end up in the Mediterranean Sea every passing minute. This threat<\/strong> is real and extremely dangerous<\/strong>, not only for marine turtles but also for all other animal species.<\/p>\n

If we are not going to do anything concrete, soon we\u2019ll be able to see this magnificent example exclusively from behind a screen. The world needs people to commit<\/strong>, now. It\u2019s\u00a0time to say NO to plastic!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another victim of plastic. Despite the effort of the vets, the example of Caretta Caretta, a species of\u00a0sea turtles, rescued along the Muravera coast (Sardinia) by a little boy called Gabriele passed away.\u00a0Unfortunately, this is just one of the countless cases of death of sea creatures. Plastic, the silent killer of seas and oceans The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":27488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[214],"tags":[1421,52,355,2814],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSea Turtles victims of Plastic - Ecobnb<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A plastic bag as a last meal. 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