Sea Turtle Research Paper

“Each and every animal on earth has as much right to be here as you and me.” ~Anthony Douglas Williams (qtd. in “apna talks”). Despite facing humans animals are still surviving us today and continue to live on.
One animal that has proven to survive the human race is the sea turtles. According to the (Washington Post) more than half of the sea turtles on earth have swallowed some type of plastic. The article goes on to say that sea turtles get the plastic confused with jellyfish. They get it confused because from down below it looks like jellyfish floating up above. In fact, (Washington Post) explains that the problem will get worse if we humans don’t do anything about the plastic problem now instead of later. One lesson that can be learned from all of this is that if each human reduced their plastic use we would help increase the population of not only sea turtles but many other animals. The story of the sea turtle becoming extinct is not the only animal facing the same challenge to stay alive. …show more content…
According to the (National Wildlife Federation) polar bears are losing their home each day due to global warming. (National Wildlife Federation) also states that because of global warming polar bears have to swim farther and farther out to sea to get to the ice, which is in deep waters, and also has less prey. Polar bears are not only losing ice each day but they are also starving from not getting food. Polar bears also have to eat fast for months because the ice platform where they hunt for seals is moving farther out to sea causing them to swim farther. (National Wildlife Federation) goes on to state that because of the low stock on prey many male polar bears will eat baby cub polar bears. Although polar bears are dealing with global warming there is also many other animals that are becoming extinct