This video shows the detrimental effects of so-called ghost nets on marine animals.
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Almost to the day exactly one year ago my research team found a plastic drinking straw embedded in a male olive ridley sea turtle’s nostril (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wH878t78bw). We removed it and hopefully eased his suffering and improved his quality of life.
This past 9th of August 2016, my research team once again encountered a sea turtle in distress.
We found an exhausted olive ridley female swimming close to our research boat and she was dragging a huge bulk of discarded fishing net behind her. Parts of it were wrapped around her throat and had already started to cut into her flesh.
We took her onboard our boat, cut-off the net, and disinfected her cuts with iodine. Due to the knowledge of the scarcity of sea turtle rehab facilities and lack of expert care for injured sea turtles in Costa Rica, we released the female back into the water since she seemed otherwise healthy and strong.
As biologists, we don’t actively seek out injured wildlife, but our research happens to position us at the front-lines of reality looking at the detrimental effects of human impact on wildlife.
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Our research is approved by the US IACUC and is conducted under research permits issued by the Costa Rican government, MINAE/SINAC and CONAGEBio.
If you like what my research team and I are doing, please consider donating to our GoFundMe campaign to finance our next field season. https://www.gofundme.com/wuhvd6zj
If you would like to find out more about our work in Costa Rica and the members of our field team, Brie Myre, Kim Lato, and Marcus Saikaley, check out our field blog http://plotkinlabtamu.wixsite.com/plotkinlab/blog
At this point, I would like to thank again everyone that donated to my GoFundMe Campaign during the past year! Without you, this field season 2016 wouldn’t have been possible and we wouldn’t have been to the right time at the right place to help. Thank you!
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Contact Email: christine.figgener@tamu.edu
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Christine Figgener, Dipl.-Biol. (M.S.)
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GHOST NETS
“Ghost nets are fishing nets that have been left or lost in the ocean by fishermen. These nets, often nearly invisible in the dim light, can be left tangled on a rocky reef or drifting in the open sea. They can entangle fish, dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, dugongs, crocodiles, seabirds, crabs, and other creatures, including the occasional human diver. Acting as designed, the nets restrict movement, causing starvation, laceration and infection, and suffocation in those that need to return to the surface to breathe. ” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_net
If you would like to learn more about Ghost Nets.
I don’t know how to stop using plastic. Can anyone help me?
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Great job guys!! This world needs more young men like you! Thank you
Syabas kepada mereka yang menolongnya…??????
Que dó meu Deus, a pobrezinha tava sentindo dor
Wonderful people!!!
Sorry.. ㅠ
The sad music had me crying, and not even that its so sad that people would want to hurt innocent animals jusy to make clothes, shoes, food and etc. Like that is so petty like who would even want to do this, this is why animals are going extinct people of ignorant, selfish, cruel people like fisherman, jusr leave these poor animals alone let them be let them live there life in water witgout having to struggle with doing it. #FREESEAANIMALS. ????????
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God job
Good job ??
V nice
it will not survive without antibiotic
The turtle in the video is "Free at last". That is awesome. Thank you for sharing this video.
Genia genia amorosa. Lo mejor para esa mujer.
Obrigado por vocês existirem , ??????
I'm in tears
feeling shame for being human
I am being honest some people are just cruel and selfish to living things.???
That thing must have really cut the Turtle's breathing by a lot! Good thing the Samaritans were here.
Thank you brother
Thank you so much
that sad
The righteous have regard for the lives of their animals, but the affections of the wicked
Proverbs 12:10
This is why I use a trash can ??????
Poor turtle!
Poor litle guy
Good job bro. ??