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Dead, sick baby turtles wash up on central Queensland beaches after eating plastic
Dead and sick baby turtles are washing up on Capricorn Coast beaches in numbers never seen before by researchers, after swallowing plastic.
Key points:
- Several sick and dead turtles have been found on beaches near Yeppoon after eating plastic
- The Department of Environment is working with international researchers to study the impact of plastic on marine life
- Dr Col Limpus says breeding numbers will be affected in decades to come
The Department of Environment (DES) said an “unusually large number” of weeks old flatback turtles have been found on the west coast of Keppel Bay.
Chief Scientific Officer Col Limpus said fragments of floating hard plastics and soft plastics had been found in the post-hatchling turtles.
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