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[tinaconservation-blog]

Happy #WorldSeaTurtleDay!! Each one of these 7 amazing species of sea turtles are at risk for being gone from this planet forever. #Loggerhead, #leatherback and #oliveridley are vulnerable, #hawksbill and #kempsridley are critically endangered and #Green and #flatback are all endangered. All of these sea turtles are facing a variety of causes that is affecting their population numbers. They are: bycatch, climate change, human impacts/consumption, among others.
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Bycatch is a result of anything caught in a net or cage besides what is being fished. Say for example, shrimp. Sometimes fisherman use a net and drag it across the sea floor. They catch the shrimp but other species a well including fish, sharks, dolphins and sea turtles. They have nowhere else to go when they get tangled in the nets and usually drown. For crabs, TED cages have been introduced to help the sea turtles escape if they are caught in the TED cage.
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Climate change is another factor being the sex of the turtles is determined by the temperature of the sand as their eggs incubate. Warm temps produce females and cold temps produce males. As the temperature warms, nest are starting to produce mainly females which isn’t good for the reproduction of the species as time passes. Only 1 in 1,000 babies make it to adulthood to reproduce. Even the mad run from their nest to the ocean they run the risk of being picked up by a seagull or crab.
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Human consumption is also a risk. There are parts of the world that still eat the sea turtle eggs and their shells are used to make everything from eyeglass frames to hair clips-especially the hawksbill turtle. .
So what can you do to help these amazing creatures out? First, take your trash with you and don’t leave it on the beach. When trash is left and also when you dig in the sand and leave the hole unfilled, it becomes hard for the sea turtle to nest and also poses a risk for the turtle as well as humans to fall in the unfilled hole and risk injury. More tips mentioned at tinaconservation.tumblr.com 💙
#seaturtles #wildlifeconservation #lightsoff #pickupyourtrash #coverholes #education #awareness #seaturtleseason #bycatch #climatechange #humanimpacts #TEDdevice
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