July 19, 2011

Turtles need help!!!

I think that turtles are the most amazing creatures that live in the sea. They always need help. When they hatch, they try to find the ocean, where the moon will be shining on the water. Buildings and resorts will sometimes have their lights on at night. The baby turtles will DIE when they crawl to the lights. :-( Also, when the moon shines off  pieces of trash, the turtles will mistake it for seaweed, and eat it. That is a reason to pick up trash at the beach instead of leaving it there.


There is also a switch in turtles. When they hit the water, the switch turns on, and they swim and swim, only stopping to eat. They keep swimming until they touch the shore of a certain beach. (It depends on the turtle) If a wave takes them back to the shore where they were born, the switch turns off. They no longer know where they are going, or how to swim there. This is when we come in. We know where they are going, and when the turtles are stranded, we should pick them up. Then we need to take them there so they can live. After all, only a few turtles from each batch of 100 survive. :-(  We need to help save turtles, even if it's just picking up trash. Tell me if you agree!!!
Sooo Cute! Save them!!

2 comments:

  1. Totally with you! turtles are awesome reptiles, and we need to do something about helping them. Unfortunately, its kind of hard to get something to help them going on a very large scale.

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  2. Yeah, I know, but whenever you visit the beach, you can make sure that you don't litter, or keep your lights on late at night if you are where turtles hatch.

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