Healthy oceans need sea turtles. Sea turtles are a "keystone species", which means they are an important part of their environment and influence other species around them. If a keystone species is removed from a habitat, the natural order can be disrupted, which impacts other wildlife and fauna in different ways.
Sea turtles play an important cultural role for many coastal communities around the world. Many indigenous cultures revere them or consider them ancestors. They are also an important source of income for coastal residents through turtle-watching ecotourism. Research has shown that sea turtle ecotourism can generate three times the income than by selling sea turtle parts (eggs, meat, & shells), making them worth more alive than dead.
How can people save the turtles? You can avoid beach fires during the nesting season. Keep beaches and waterways free from trash. Make sure you don’t throw plastic in the floor. Don’t use plastics straw and buy a metal straws. Just know turtles are drying everyday and we don’t want that. SAVE THE TURTLES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sea turtles play an important cultural role for many coastal communities around the world. Many indigenous cultures revere them or consider them ancestors. They are also an important source of income for coastal residents through turtle-watching ecotourism. Research has shown that sea turtle ecotourism can generate three times the income than by selling sea turtle parts (eggs, meat, & shells), making them worth more alive than dead.
How can people save the turtles? You can avoid beach fires during the nesting season. Keep beaches and waterways free from trash. Make sure you don’t throw plastic in the floor. Don’t use plastics straw and buy a metal straws. Just know turtles are drying everyday and we don’t want that. SAVE THE TURTLES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!