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Would you use our reusable straws?

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Questions:
What are the roles of turtles in the environment? What are the impacts on the environment if turtles became extinct?
- Asked by Joey How, Ding Hock Jack

Answers:
All living creatures have a role to play in the environment. Turtles are no different and among the roles they play are as follow:

1. Turtles are important as scavengers, herbivores, carnivores and often contribute significant biomass to the ecosystems. They break down the energy of plant materials and convert them into protein.

2. Green turtles feed on seagrasses and seaweeds that grow on the ocean floor. These seagrasses are home to other marine life such as seahorses and also serve as breeding ground for fishes. However, they must be kept short to remain healthy and this is where the turtles come in. If turtles were to ever go extinct, seagrasses would eventually die off and this would in turn affect the marine life and eventually human life as well.

3. Beaches have a very fragile ecosystem in that they don't get many sources of nutrients hence there is very little vegetation. Sea turtles help support this ecosystem when they nest. Reason being, of the tens of thousands of eggs that are deposited by the turtles, not all will hatch... Those that do not hatch will decay and nourish the beaches. With declining turtle population, fewer eggs are deposited and this would result in lesser vegetation and this would cause beach erosion.

4. Eggs and hatchlings are by far the most predator-vulnerable life history stages. Eggs are often eaten by semi-aquatic and terrestrial dwellers. Hatchlings fall prey to fishes, lizards, snakes, crocodilians and birds. As the population decreases there will be impact on the marine life that feed on it and in the long term result in less diversity in the marine life.

5. Turtles have a certain religious significance to Chinese Buddhists and according to popular belief, a person finding a turtle and delivering it to a temple has saved a life and he will be rewarded with good fortune and longevity. In addition, the Chinese Buddhists also believe in the practice of releasing animals into the river, also called fangsheng, or "release of life," which dates back to the 6th century. Setting turtles or other animals free increases a Buddhist's merit, which is believed to translate into a better rebirth.

This post is co-written by Lim Puay Aun and Pelf. Lim is our long-time supporter since 2003.
This post is part of Turtle Blogathon 2009, where we stayed up for 24-straight-hours to blog about turtles. Posts written during the Turtle Blogathon are filed in the Turtle Blogathon 2009 category.

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What happens to the environment if turtles became extinct?

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Questions: What are the roles of turtles in the environment? What are the impacts on the environment if turtles became extinct? - Asked by Joey How, Ding Hock Jack Answers: All living creatures have a role to play in the environment.

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Questions:
What are the roles of turtles in the environment? What are the impacts on the environment if turtles became extinct?
- Asked by Joey How, Ding Hock Jack

Answers:
All living creatures have a role to play in the environment. Turtles are no different and among the roles they play are as follow:

1. Turtles are important as scavengers, herbivores, carnivores and often contribute significant biomass to the ecosystems. They break down the energy of plant materials and convert them into protein.

2. Green turtles feed on seagrasses and seaweeds that grow on the ocean floor. These seagrasses are home to other marine life such as seahorses and also serve as breeding ground for fishes. However, they must be kept short to remain healthy and this is where the turtles come in. If turtles were to ever go extinct, seagrasses would eventually die off and this would in turn affect the marine life and eventually human life as well.

3. Beaches have a very fragile ecosystem in that they don't get many sources of nutrients hence there is very little vegetation. Sea turtles help support this ecosystem when they nest. Reason being, of the tens of thousands of eggs that are deposited by the turtles, not all will hatch... Those that do not hatch will decay and nourish the beaches. With declining turtle population, fewer eggs are deposited and this would result in lesser vegetation and this would cause beach erosion.

4. Eggs and hatchlings are by far the most predator-vulnerable life history stages. Eggs are often eaten by semi-aquatic and terrestrial dwellers. Hatchlings fall prey to fishes, lizards, snakes, crocodilians and birds. As the population decreases there will be impact on the marine life that feed on it and in the long term result in less diversity in the marine life.

5. Turtles have a certain religious significance to Chinese Buddhists and according to popular belief, a person finding a turtle and delivering it to a temple has saved a life and he will be rewarded with good fortune and longevity. In addition, the Chinese Buddhists also believe in the practice of releasing animals into the river, also called fangsheng, or "release of life," which dates back to the 6th century. Setting turtles or other animals free increases a Buddhist's merit, which is believed to translate into a better rebirth.

This post is co-written by Lim Puay Aun and Pelf. Lim is our long-time supporter since 2003.
This post is part of Turtle Blogathon 2009, where we stayed up for 24-straight-hours to blog about turtles. Posts written during the Turtle Blogathon are filed in the Turtle Blogathon 2009 category.

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What happens to the environment if turtles became extinct?

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Questions: What are the roles of turtles in the environment? What are the impacts on the environment if turtles became extinct? - Asked by Joey How, Ding Hock Jack Answers: All living creatures have a role to play in the environment.

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Questions:
What are the roles of turtles in the environment? What are the impacts on the environment if turtles became extinct?
- Asked by Joey How, Ding Hock Jack

Answers:
All living creatures have a role to play in the environment. Turtles are no different and among the roles they play are as follow:

1. Turtles are important as scavengers, herbivores, carnivores and often contribute significant biomass to the ecosystems. They break down the energy of plant materials and convert them into protein.

2. Green turtles feed on seagrasses and seaweeds that grow on the ocean floor. These seagrasses are home to other marine life such as seahorses and also serve as breeding ground for fishes. However, they must be kept short to remain healthy and this is where the turtles come in. If turtles were to ever go extinct, seagrasses would eventually die off and this would in turn affect the marine life and eventually human life as well.

3. Beaches have a very fragile ecosystem in that they don't get many sources of nutrients hence there is very little vegetation. Sea turtles help support this ecosystem when they nest. Reason being, of the tens of thousands of eggs that are deposited by the turtles, not all will hatch... Those that do not hatch will decay and nourish the beaches. With declining turtle population, fewer eggs are deposited and this would result in lesser vegetation and this would cause beach erosion.

4. Eggs and hatchlings are by far the most predator-vulnerable life history stages. Eggs are often eaten by semi-aquatic and terrestrial dwellers. Hatchlings fall prey to fishes, lizards, snakes, crocodilians and birds. As the population decreases there will be impact on the marine life that feed on it and in the long term result in less diversity in the marine life.

5. Turtles have a certain religious significance to Chinese Buddhists and according to popular belief, a person finding a turtle and delivering it to a temple has saved a life and he will be rewarded with good fortune and longevity. In addition, the Chinese Buddhists also believe in the practice of releasing animals into the river, also called fangsheng, or "release of life," which dates back to the 6th century. Setting turtles or other animals free increases a Buddhist's merit, which is believed to translate into a better rebirth.

This post is co-written by Lim Puay Aun and Pelf. Lim is our long-time supporter since 2003.
This post is part of Turtle Blogathon 2009, where we stayed up for 24-straight-hours to blog about turtles. Posts written during the Turtle Blogathon are filed in the Turtle Blogathon 2009 category.

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What happens to the environment if turtles became extinct?

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Questions: What are the roles of turtles in the environment? What are the impacts on the environment if turtles became extinct? - Asked by Joey How, Ding Hock Jack Answers: All living creatures have a role to play in the environment.

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According to a study from  Plymouth University, plastic pollution affects at least 700 marine species, while some estimates suggest that at least 100million marine mammals are killed each year from plastic pollution.

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We would sell them to grocery stores and fast food chains.

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Turtles are a key part of ocean life. Green turtles feed on seagrasses  and seaweeds that grow on the ocean floor. However they must be kept short to remain healthy and this is where the turtles come in. Small fish and seahorses live in the grasses.

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More than 1000 turtles are dying a year

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save a straw, save the ocean.

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Straws could be made with Bambi rather than plastic. It would be much better for the environment. We could pair the metal straws with bamboo straws because if each person in the drivethrew  had the option of a metal straw they could wash them and reuse them. If someone forgot their metal straw, the restraunt could give out the bamboo straws.

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Https://seaworld.org/animals/all-about/sea-turtles/habitat/
Www.turtleconservationsociety.org.my/what-happens-to-the-environment-if-turtles-became-extinct/
onegreenplanet.org

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They could stop using plastic bags entirely if every family invests a few reusable material bags. By doing this it cuts back on single use plastic bags.

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According to https://sea world.org/animals/all-about/sea-turtles/habitat/ in the US, total estimates, for loggerhead nests per year range from 68,000 to 90,000. So in 68 years all the turtles in America could be extinct.

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If people who fish use biodegradable line, that would make an impact because if they loose their line it wouldn’t get caught in turtles

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Our business concept would be to replace one use plastics. We could do this by replacing straws with straws made of recycled papers, some businesses have replaced them with cardboard but that’s still cutting down trees. Or they could offer metal straws and charge a few dollars for them, that way they are still making a profit and people would only have to buy them once.

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Restraunts can use straws made from recycled papers because using paper would mean cutting down more trees.

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Eliminate plastic pollution and save the ocean habitat.