A baby turtle that washed up in Boca Raton, Florida, and died shortly after was found with 104 pieces of plastic in its stomach
The Gumbo Limbo Nature Center on Tuesday shared a photo on Facebook of the tiny loggerhead sea turtle lying next to the fragments of plastic that cost it its life. The post has has since gone viral. Emily Mirowski, a sea turtle rehabilitation assistant at the center, examined the turtle before it died."It was weak and emaciated. I could just tell it wasn't doing well," Mirowski told CNN.
Washbacks are turtles that have made it to the ocean and the Gulf Stream for a few weeks before being washed back ashore.When the babies first hatch, they make their way towards mats of floating seaweed called sargassum, where they live for their first few years. "The issue is that with all the plastic in the oceans, that's where the plastic sticks," Mirowski said."All the microplastics stick to the seaweed, and it looks like food to the baby turtles.
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