A turtle defecated in the water for six days after it was rescued.
Sarah Male, a veterinary nurse at the Taronga Wildlife Hospital, said in a video that there was no feces in the water.
Mel told The Guardian that it was all different sizes and colors. You could tell the plastic had been written on by the sharpness of some of them. These are some of the things that are eating. They just consume it as their first food because of the amount of plastic around.
This tiny turtle arrived at Taronga Wildlife Hospital recently with a stomach full of plastic. We hope the NSW Plastic Action Plan will reduce the number of turtles admitted to us in the future. To support the vital work of our hospitals, please visit https://t.co/QCMerPsjYb pic.twitter.com/lJ92Ceu2jr
— Taronga Zoo (@tarongazoo) July 28, 2022
She said that luck was on his side and that he was able to excrete it all out.
Most of the turtles that are treated at the hospital are injured from fishing line and plastic.
A turtle with a chip in one of its flippers and a hole in its shell was found near a beach in Australia.
Male told the news outlet that if everyone just took a little bit of their time to pick up a bit of rubbish, then hopefully we could make a difference.
An estimated 14 million tons of microplastics are on the sea floor, according to a 2020 study by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.
According to the October 2020 news release, the deep ocean is a sink for microplastics.
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