Plastic Fork Removed From A Sea Turtle's Nose!

While on a research project in Costa Rica, Nathan J. Robinson @DrNathanRobinson and the Leatherback Trust team rescued an olive ridley sea turtle that had a plastic fork stuck in its nose. Lamentably, this is a consequence of a world of single-use, non-biodegradable plastic.

There is a solution and it lies in our own decisions. Please say no to all single-use plastic. Every plastic straw, plastic bag, or plastic bottle that ends up in the oceans could mean the difference between life or death for any number of marine animals.

The choice is easy. There are sustainable alternatives to single-use plastics. Canvas bags can replace plastic bags, bamboo cutlery can replace plastic cutlery. Please be part of the movement away from single use plastics.

To learn more about the full story, check out:
Robinson NJ, Dornfeld TC, Butler BO, Domico LJ, Hertz CR, McKenna LN, Neilson CB, Williamson SA (2016) Plastic Fork Found Inside the Nostril of an Olive Ridley Sea Turtle. Marine Turtle Newsletter 150:1-3.

Video recorded by Sean A. Williamson.

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[Pain_is_temperory.]

Everybody talking about how painful it was for him. But Imagine how free he was after it was out.

[spookyderp]

Bless the kind hearted guy who removed the fork 🙏❤️

[r.mcbride]

Oh, God... not another one. The poor baby. How awful. Thanks for helping him out. Good job!

[IndyCrewInNYC]

Bless you for this. I'm sure the big fella is out there enjoying life a lot more now thanks to you.

[jamesbridges]

First I watched the straw removed from the other sea turtle and then stumbled upon a plastic something getting removed and I mean damn, these people are just real troopers for the sea life and who knows what else they save all the time. Hats off to all.

[isntalex]

Who else came here from the straw in a turtles nose?

[rafaelantunes]

Thank you so much again Victorinox, always keep yours close

[davyjones]

My question is: *HOW DID THAT EVEN FIT IN THE POOR TURTLE'S TINY NOSE?!*

[makerofmanythings]

How did that get in his nose? That thing is to big. That had to hurt like hell getting pulled out of that poor turtles nose.

[julsrobertson]

This is reality people.We must not take plastic and styrofoam to our beaches. Here in Hawaii 'we' are working on banning it from our beaches~take-out is everywhere. Please DO NOT LITTER!! Mahalo*

[stephenhotchkis]

There are kind people in this world that give up their time to save marine creatures and god bless them all

[TerryWong]

Imagine how many painful turtles we haven't saved out there in the ocean

[rjayary]

Thank you guys for saving animals, i cried seeing it. I know that a person who cares is a human with a loving heart

[nijah]

everyone is talking about stop trashing the ocean but i don’t see anyone helping.. maybe that’s just me tho.

[getphuked]

Just unreal how self centered some humans are to throw trash in the oceans like that. Total disregard for life

[lureanimation]

They don't have the limbs and ability to remove those plastics so people should b more aware of it and stop littering everything and everywhere.

[applee]

Who else watched this after watching similar videos like this.

[papunyc]

a straw
*30 seconds later*
NOW A FORK




SERIOUSLY SAVE THE TURTLES

[doubled]

Countries need to Stop dumping their trash in the ocean! Thank You for helping this poor thing.

[terryledoggo]

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