Green sea turtle hatchling was missing a flipper when it was found lying on its back in a rockpool and taken to Taronga zoo
beach had eaten so much plastic that it took six days for the contents to be excreted, according to Taronga zoo’s wildlife hospital.
Carers said that aside from these injuries, the turtle appeared to be in good physical condition and had no trouble swimming.Photograph: Taronga zoo “It was all different sizes, colours and compositions. Some were hard, some were sharp, and with some, you could tell the plastic had writing on it. This is all some of these poor little things are eating. There’s so much plastic around they’re just consuming it as their first initial food,” she said.
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