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If you would like to support our research for the next three years, please think about donating to our GoFundMe Campaign This video shows why plastic trash is detrimental to marine life and why especially drinking straws are one of the most useless items made out of plastic, especially if they end up as plastic trash in our oceans.<\/p>\n SAY “NO” TO PLASTIC STRAWS, AND ANY KIND OF ONE-TIME USE PLASTIC ITEMS!<\/p>\n Our research team in collaboration with Christine Figgener and Dr. Nathan J. Robinson found a male Olive Ridley sea turtle during our in-water research trip in Costa Rica. After initially thinking that we are looking at a parasitic worm, and trying to remove it to identify it, we finally identified what we were REALLY looking at. Copyright: Christine Figgener To use this video in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email licensing@storyful.com<\/p>\n
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\nHe had a 10-12 cm PLASTIC STRAW lodged in his nostril.<\/p>\n
\nAfter a short debate about what we should do we removed it with the plier of a swiss army knive which was the only tool available, since we were on the ocean a few hours away from the coast and several hours away from any vet and x-ray machines. Plus, we would have incured a penalty on ourselves by removing the turtle since that is beyond our resarch permits. He did very obviously not enjoy the procedure very much, but we hope that he is now able to breath more freely.
\nWe disinifected the air passageway with iodine and kept the turtle for observation before releasing him back into the wild.
\nThe bleeding stopped pretty much immediately after the removal of the straw.<\/p>\n
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