Penghu olive ridley sea turtle is entangled in abandoned fishing nets and drifts, people ask for help and start rescue

Goodbye in Penghu: The precious olive ridley turtle was entangled in abandoned fishing nets and drifted on the sea. When people discovered it, they asked diving operator Ye Shenghong for help because they did not know how to dive. However, because Ye was not in Penghu, they urgently went online and provided the longitude and latitude to ask for help from all walks of life. The Penghu workstation of the Marine Protection Department learned that they had tried their best to rescue the turtle at sea, hoping that the turtle could return safely.

Ye Shenghong, who lives in Kaohsiung but not in Penghu, said that the entangled sea turtles followed the waves and flowed to the northwest. Since it was discovered that people could not dive and could not go into the water for rescue, the location was northwest of Wangan Shui'an. He asked passing ships to help rescue the sea turtles. After the news was posted on Facebook, netizens discovered it was a rare olive ridley sea turtle based on its characteristics, and notified the Penghu Workstation of the Marine Protection Department to join the rescue effort.

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There are 7 species of sea turtles in the world, and Penghu accounts for 5 species. In order of quantity, they are green sea turtles, hawksbill sea turtles, loggerhead sea turtles, olive ridley sea turtles and leatherback sea turtles. However, since 1997, the Penghu Injured and Injured Turtle Reception Center has taken in olive ridley sea turtles and has surpassed the loggerhead sea turtles to rank third. Moreover, it has accumulated rapidly in the past two years, and they are all entangled in abandoned fishing nets.

Since non-Olive loggerhead sea turtles suddenly appeared in large numbers in Penghu's migratory waters, while hawksbill turtles suddenly disappeared, researchers determined that it may be due to a change in the tide. However, further investigation and research are still needed to establish a scientific basis for the conclusion. However, it was once again confirmed that abandoned fishing nets have become the Great Wall of Death in the ocean. Many sea turtles and marine life have been entangled in fishing nets and died.

The biggest difference between olive ridley turtles and green loggerhead sea turtles is their body size, carapace shape and color, and eating habits. Green loggerhead sea turtles are the largest among hard-shell sea turtles (weighing more than 100 kilograms). Their carapace is oval and they are mainly herbivorous (eating sea turtles). grass and algae); and the olive ridley turtle is the smallest among the seven existing species of sea turtles in the world (weighing about 40 to 45 kilograms). Its carapace has a unique heart shape, the color is olive green or gray, and it is mainly carnivorous (it likes to eat shrimps, crabs and jellyfish).