The tiny turtle, which could fit inside the palm of a human's hand, was still alive when it was found near the Boca Raton coast. It later died due to the large amount of plastic in its body, Kristin Child, the environmental program coordinator for the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, told ABC News. It was likely just a few weeks old, she said.
A photo posted to the center's Facebook page shows the turtle next to each of the 104 tiny pieces of plastic that were removed during its necropsy.Since the start of the season, the nature center has seen about 100 washbacks, dozens of which have died. All of the baby turtles that died had plastic in its intestines and gut, Child said.Biologists and volunteers attempt to help them by giving them fluid to pass the plastic, Child said.
"This is a sad reminder that we all need to do our part to keep our oceans plastic free," a post on the center's Facebook page read.
Is that what killed the turtle
CBoomerVazquez So sad.
This is sad.
What is our government doing about this? I know there are separate organizations trying to tackle it but we need more help.
americanmclass We have killed everything - all bc of greed, indifference, and total lack of empathy. We deserve what we get, sadly our children do not.
fluxus2 where's the 'hate this' button?
Humans are great.
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This is what we get when we have too much CAPITALISM. Corporations that couldn't care less weather we live or die, We ACCEPT and EAT shit they MAKE . After that, Screw you and the horse you road in on. Maybe we should HAVE THOSE SAME CORPORATIONS DIGEST SOME OF IT.
TheKingCenter Who cares? 😂
Propaganda
Has anyone at ABC ever drank from a plastic water bottle? I think the answer is yes, and some of that plastic killed this baby turtle. Prove me wrong.
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Interesting....did you know the latest study shows that ASIAN FLAGGED ships in the ATLANTIC are responsible for over 70% of waste/trash there? Worldwide, in all the oceans, around 80% of plastic waste comes from Asia and Africa .
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TheKingCenter 💔
Who knew they liked to eat plastic so much?
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Only if each of us became more mindful of our environmental impact, we can change the world.
So sad needs to stop 😢😢💔💔
How many of you...yes YOU!! Drink water out of plastic bottles every day? Buy a mug! Made of metal! Fill it with water! At the very least buy water in a gallon jug!
Change must happen soon
Anyone done an analysis of just where this plastic originates? Wondering if oceans are a garbage dumping ground by large oceangoing ships? By countries with no landfill space? Tsunamis? JustWondering
We’re doomed
Recycling plastic IS prolife.
People are Poison now.
Oh no. That poor sea turtle. He eat too much plastic. We might clean for ocean. And save wildlife sea creatures.
We only have a few months left
kimalyceosteen This is preventable. Shame us.😡
😪💔 This breaks my heart into a million pieces. Are some of us really this heartless & selfish to bequeath our progeny a completely screwed up world? I weep for our collective children.
Horrible. There is no excuse not to act, now.
Humans are horrifyingly selfish
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We must change. Now.
This is us. Sad. Sick. Disgusting.
Yeah that is the care we are giving to our home (Earth) we can be giving 100 more planets to live in, we are gonna end up distorting all of them the same way we are doing with this one. Disgusting. Shame on our race that is unable to behave better than animals!
There is no valid reason to destroy life. We are completely derelict in our duty to encourage life. Plant a tree Learn to care for life matters
Hemp plastics are biodegradable
One day Karma will hunt 'us' cruel Humans...
I stayed a week on a private beach in the Bahamas. I was amazed at all the trash and plastics that washed up on our shore. 😔
The world will drown in plastic. It’s turning up everywhere and in everything. plasticpollution WakeUpAmerica
“A Plastic Ocean” documentary details this. China and the U.S. lead the way here too, plasticizing our oceans and harming poor land and sea creatures. In many respects, China is like the Asian United States.
Now this is a travesty and real. Start with litter prevention. On our streets, in our oceans, cigarette butts, even those who can’t pickup their damn trash after the movie in the theater. Teach our kids, hold adults accountable, educate. Start here to save the planet.
Way to go human race!
Cleaning the ocean is more important than global warming.
There is a problem. We have to get the World on board. I saw a documentary on India which pollutes straight into the ocean by the tons daily.
This is what those global warming and climate change people need to be worrying about. We have a lot of plastics in our oceans that should not be in it, so how about we all start by fixing the current issues like this.
We suck.
This is what ye are tweeting about ....have you all seen the videos on here🤬🤬🤬🤬 save_the_lraqi_people Iraq_protest
Our extinction is inevitable.
Can you imagine if somebody had accidentally eaten that turtle?
Awful that our oceans are this polluted
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