I am a 58 year old turtle from Indonesia, and I was saved by the OceanGaze team in 2013 when a piece of plastic got stuck around my shell.
I am a 58 year old turtle from Indonesia, and I was saved by the OceanGaze team in 2013 when a piece of plastic got stuck around my shell.
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My home (the ocean) reaches 44% of the worlds population.
depend on the marine life around me as their main food source.
and it is also affecting me and my marine friends.
My home (the ocean) reaches 44% of the worlds population.
depend on the marine life around me as their main food source.
and it is also affecting me and my marine friends.
It gets tangled in my shell and my fins when I try to feed, and I am unable to get rid of it myself. My friend Tundra the turtle died last year after he grew too big for the plastic piece around his neck and he couldn’t breathe anymore.
Apparently only 14% of the plastic produced on land is collected for recycling. If the trend continues there would be more plastic than fish (by weight) in the ocean by 2050.
Marine life around me is heavily affected by the plastic pollution, and it will eventually affect humans too if we don’t find good solutions for the future.