Why Save The Turtles?

Life is a big life cycle that God planned. We all depend on each other in that cycle. If something dies, the animal that eats it will die, then the animal that eats that animal will die, etc. If sea turtles went extinct the cycle will start to change for the worse.

Green sea turtles love to eat sea grass. They’re like lawn mowers of the sea! Sea grass is like out-of water grass, and it needs to be cut to be healthy. Sea turtles are the primary eaters of sea grass. Sea grass beds need to be healthy because they are breeding grounds for some underwater animals. If turtles don’t eat the grass, the grass would grow into long grass blades and will be too thick for other smaller animals to use which means that animal now becomes endangered because it can’t reproduce. Then the animals that eat those fish will die out because their food supply is gone, so on and so on. And that may one day mean you won't be having tuna for dinner!

Sea turtles eat jellyfish, right? Well, if sea turtles died, jellyfish would over populate. It’s all part of a cycle. When jellyfish overpopulate more people off the coast will possibly get stung and might even die from deadly stings. Also, jellyfish blooms have been known to clog up water supplies to nuclear reactor coolers and shut down the reactors.

As much as I hate to admit it, sea turtles are on some animals’ menus too. Their best customers are sharks, orca whales, raccoons, alligators, and sea gulls (when they are babies). When there are no turtles to eat, bye-bye customers. They have to go looking for another hot-dog stand, which means those animals are eaten more than nature is supposed to and endangerment is right around the corner.

So, you see, turtles are important. They are part of the everyday life cycle. And that cycle is very important to me and you and our earth!

WARNING: COOL FACT AHEAD

Did you know if you take a 400 pound jellyfish and squeeze all the water out of it, the jellyfish would weigh only 20 pounds??!!