JUST SPECTACULAR. >> LET’S KEEP IT GOING LIVE. IF YOU CAN DO YOUR BEST.
>> I’M DOING WHAT I CAN.
>> OKAY THANK YOU SEA TURTLES
HAVE BEEN LIVING ON EARTH SINCE
THE TIME OF THE DINOSAURS.
ABOUT 110 MILLION YEARS.
SADLY SIX OF SEVEN SPECIES OF
TURTLES ARE THREATENED OR
ENDANGERED OR CRITICALLY
ENDANGERED.
>> ENTER NATIONAL LAWS HAVE
REDUCED HARVESTING AND POACHING
FOR THEIR MEAT AND SHELLS AND
EGGS.
THE WORLD POLLUTION IS
DESTROYING MORE AND MORE OF
THEIR CRITICAL HABITAT.
IN TONIGHT TRASH OR TREASURE WE
TAKE YOU INSIDE MARATHONS TURTLE
HOSPITAL AND THE URGENT MISSION
TO SAVE AS MANY TURTLES AS THEY
CAN BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
>> BEST DAY OF ALL OF THESE
TURTLES IS THAT THEY THEY GET
RELEASED.
>> IF THE BIG DAY AT THE TURTLE
HOSPITAL IN MARATHON.
AFTER SEVERAL SURGERIES AND
MONTHS OF TREATMENT
THREE JUVENILE GREEN SEA TURTLES
ARE FINALLY GOING BACK TO THE
OCEAN.
YOUNG CARL CANNOT WAIT TO GO
HOME.
>> THEY HAVE SURVIVED THE PLANET
FOR OVER 100 MILLION YEARS IS
OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE
THEY DON’T GO EXTINCT.
>> SHE MANAGES THE HOSPITAL FOR
35 YEARS, UNDER THE CARE OF
DEDICATED STAFF AND FOUNDER MORE
THAN 2500 INJURED OR DISEASE SEA
TURTLES, HAVE BEEN REHABBED AND
RELEASE.
>> WE FEEL A LITTLE POSSESSIVE
WITH THE TURTLES.
BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME PART OF THE
LIGHT.
>> WHEN THE THREE TURTLES
ARRIVED THEY WERE COVERED IN
TUMORS.
SCIENTISTS BELIEVE ARE CAUSED BY
A WARMER OCEAN AND TONS OF
POLLUTION SPEWING INTO THE SEA.
>> WHAT THEY FIND IS THAT
INCREASED NITROGEN FROM ALL OF
THE FERTILIZER AND ALL THESE
CHEMICALS IN THESE AREAS THAT WE
HAVE AN INCREASED PREVALENCE OF
THIS.
>> IT IS A DEADLY DISEASE THAT
AFFECTS OVER 50% OF THE GREEN
SEA TURTLE POPULATION.
ONLY 3-YEARS-OLD THIS TURTLE,
AND ALREADY COVERED IN TUMORS.
>> IT IS NOT JUST A BIG TUMORS
HERE BUT LOOK AT THIS ONE AND
THIS ONE, ABOUT TEN TUMORS ON
THE 3-YEAR-OLD, THAT’S A DIRECT
RESULT OF POLLUTION REACH IN THE
OCEAN.
>> A FERTILIZER THAT YOU ARE
USING A SUM TO KILL WEEDS, YOU
NEED TO THINK PASTORS HAVING A
GREEN LAWN AND THINK ABOUT THE
SHAPE OF MARINE ECOSYSTEM AND
THE PLANET.
>> FROM THE MOMENT THEY ARE HAS
THEIR LIFE IS FILLED WITH DEADLY
DANGER.
NOT JUST NATURAL PREDATORS, BUT
FROM US.
>> IT’S A BIG BLUE OCEAN OUT
THERE AND THEY ARE SCARCE AT
TIMES, SO ANYTHING GOING TO THE
WATER IS GOING TO BE MISTAKEN
FOR FOOD.
>> WITH 14 MILLION TONS OF
PLASTIC ENTERING THE OCEAN EVERY
YEAR, SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE THAT
HALF OF ALL SEA TURTLES ON THE
PLANET HAVE INGESTED SOME FORM
OF PLASTIC.
>> SADLY THIS LITTLE GUY IS
PROBABLY HERE BECAUSE OF
PLASTIC.
>> THE MOST CRITICALLY
ENDANGERED TURTLE IN THE WORLD.
>> MOST LIKELY IS GOT A LOT OF
SYNTHETIC PLASTER MATERIALS IN
HIS INTESTINES.
>> EACH YEAR HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF CT A LITTLE STYLE
FROM OCEAN POLLUTION.
YET WE KEEP USING PLASTIC BAGS
AND RELEASING BALLOONS.
WHEN THEY LAND IN THE OCEAN,
THEY LOOK JUST LIKE JELLYFISH
WHICH IS TURTLE FOOD.
>> A LOT OF THEM WE CANNOT SAVE
BECAUSE IS DUE TO THE INTESTINES
AND THE INFECTION FROM THE
PLASTIC WE CANNOT FIX IT.
>> ONE PLASTIC STAR JAMMED UP A
TURTLES NOSE TO TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF TURTLES ENSNARED IN
FISHING NETS AND FISHING LINES
ARE RECKLESS BEHAVIOR IS
WREAKING HABIT ON THE PLANETS
TURTLES.
>> SO THIS FISHING LINE IS ALL
FROM ONE TURTLE IF YOU
COMPLETED.
>> VIOLENCE STRIKES FROM
SPEEDING BOATS ARE A BIG THREAT.
>> IT HAD THREE LARGE PROPER
ROOMS SADLY IT JUST DESTROYED
THE SPINAL CORD.
>> SKELETAL AS SCENT SKELETAL AS
70-YEAR-OLD ENDANGERED
LOGGERHEAD WOULD NOT MAKE.
THESE ARE THREE OF THE LUCKY
ONES THAT ARE GETTING A SECOND
CHANCE.
>> THREE TURTLES TODAY.
>> TWO OF THESE YOUNG JUVENILES
ARE MALES AND WITH WARMER
TEMPERATURES CAUSING MORE
FEMALES TO BE HAS TO RECENTLY
IS.
THEIR SURVIVAL IS CRITICAL TO
THE SURVIVAL OF THE SPECIES.
THE HEALTHY OCEAN DEPENDS ON SEA
TURTLES.
AND NOW MORE THAN EVER, SEA
TURTLES NEED OUR HELP.
>> OF WE CAN KEEP THE TURTLES
LIVE THOUGH KEEP US ALIVE.
>> A HEALTHY SEA TURTLES CAN
LIVE UPWARDS OF 100 YEARS IF WE
TAKE CARE OF THE OCEAN.
NEXT WEEK, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
COMMISSION IT WILL TAKE A VERY
IT WOULD NOTES.
PLASTIC FREE 305.
THAT WOULD REDUCE SINGLE USE
PLASTICS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
IF YOU WANT THIS PASS, CONTACT
THE COMMISSION.
THE VOTE IS SET FOR DECEMBER 1.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE
MARATHON TURTLE HOSPITAL AND HOW
YOU CAN HELP WITH A VERY
IMPORTANT MISSION SCANNED THE