Did
you know that there is such thing as a turtle hospital? There is one in
Townsville, Australia, which is connected to an aquarium. When we visited,
there were five sick turtles.
The reason turtles get sick is
because they accidentally eat trash, such as plastic bags and fishing equipment. The
trash compacts their guts and they can’t poop or let out gas. After that, all
the gas gets stuck inside them and they float. When they float, they can’t dive
to eat or get cleaned. So then they die of starvation or of pests like
barnacles.
Like I said earlier, they had five turtles: two were
floating, one used to be starving to death, and two used to be floating and are
over it. They are keeping them be sure they are okay. One of the floating
turtles was huge, jumbo mumbo!
There
are many types of turtles but they only had green turtles at the hospital. Some
other turtles are: Leather Back, Hawks Bill, and Flat Back. The Leather Back is
the biggest, and the Flat Back is the smallest.
I thought it was really amazing that
turtles can be saved! If you ever are in Townsville go and see it. I thought it
was really worthwhile.
