Baby sea turtles can't differentiate between food and plastic 😞
Newborn loggerhead turtles swim in the sea after breaking through its eggshells at a beach in Kyparissia, south west Greece The research found plastic inside small juvenile turtles along both the east and west coasts of Australia.
The research team led by the University of Exeter, included Murdoch University, the Department of Environment and Science and the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions . ‘Juvenile sea turtles generally have no specialised diet – they eat anything, and our study suggests this includes plastic.
The study included a total of 121 sea turtles from five of the world’s seven species: green, loggerhead, hawksbill, olive ridley and flatback.According to the data, the proportion of turtles containing plastic was far higher on the Pacific coast with 86% of loggerheads, 83% of greens, 80% of flatbacks and 29% of olive ridleys.
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