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facts first presents fishermen spots
streams turtle floating in the water and
calls for help when he sees it up close
sea turtles are amazing creatures
they're often found deep under water
because it's where they find their food
the loggerhead sea turtle has been a
threatened species since 1978 each time
a loggerhead sea turtle dies the species
is that much closer to dying out forever
while out on the water one day a
fisherman sees a strange turtle floating
in the water and he gets closer and
quickly calls for help the fisherman saw
the turtle floating on the surface of
the water
and he knew something wasn't right it's
very odd to see one of these creatures
just floating on top of the water
immediately after seeing the sea turtle
he brought it up into his boat because
he knew that it needed help
after getting the sick turtle on board
he contacted the mCP to let them know
that this creature needed help before we
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immediately after getting this sick
turtle onto his boat he realized why the
turtle couldn't go under the water to
feed sadly there were hundreds of
barnacles attached to the turtle forcing
it to remain on the surface of the water
and it didn't take long before the
turtle was suffering from malnutrition
when the MCP did get food and nutrients
into the turtle he started gaining
strength and that made it possible for
them to do some further testing on the
turtle they wanted to be sure that there
were no plastics in his intestines which
is common these days because of all the
pollution in the waters it's not
uncommon for people to dump garbage in
the ocean
also when beachgoers have trashed the
loft and put it in plastic bags which
easily end up in the ocean when a strong
ocean wind blows this is the reason that
many beaches today don't allow plastic
bags even for garbage instead they
expect visitors to bring paper bags for
their garbage but the doctors didn't
find anything in the turtle they started
to remove the barnacles this was a
difficult process because barnacles
are extremely hard to remove they had to
remove each barnacle one by one which
was extremely time-consuming the process
had to be done very slowly to avoid
hurting the turtle even after the
barnacles were removed from the turtle
it still had a long road ahead towards
becoming healthy the turtle was near
death when he was found it took a long
time before the turtle was strong enough
to fend for itself in the ocean getting
the turtle healthy was an uphill battle
the end goal is for one day the turtle
to be healthy enough to be reintroduced
into the tasmanian sea until that
happens though the turtle will keep
getting the medications it needs to
regain its strength this fisherman who
found the turtle did an amazing thing by
pulling it up into his boat and
contacting the correct agency to
properly care for the turtle and he just
left the turtle floating in the water it
would never have survived just a couple
more days floating in the water or less
and those barnacles attached to it would
have killed him as the turtle fought to
get to the bottom of the water it was
using the last bit of its energy
according to the doctors of the mCP the
turtle likely would not have made it
even a single day in its condition
thanks to the fisherman the turtle is
now on the mend he made it so that there
will be one more healthy loggerhead sea
turtle in the water considering that the
species has been threatened for four
decades the fishermen's actions helped
to prevent it from happening even faster
according to the mCP when the turtles
released back into the ocean it'll have
no problem taking care of itself
since most loggerhead turtles travel on
their own the fact that it will be alone
won't really be an issue as long as they
wait long enough for the turtle to
regain its strength and heal it should
live a long prosperous life in the
tasmanian sea kudos to the fishermen who
took the time to save this helpless and
danger turtle and get it the carrot
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