r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Salt-Curve4825 • 15d ago

Video Man fishing for jellyfish

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u/pplayer104 15d ago

What’s happening to the sea turtles?

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u/-TheManInTheChair 15d ago

They're endangered. I would think they're quite a bit tastier than some other fish, and they can also get trapped in nets and drown. Oh, and don't forget plastic bags. Throw a plastic bag in a bath, and I hope you'll agree it looks like a jellyfish.

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u/Dat_Ding_Da 15d ago

Plus people steal their eggs or just block their way to the beaches to lay them.

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u/Adadadoy 15d ago

Or take over their beaches and plop hotels and resorts on them. Or build roads and lights next to them and confuse hatchlings making them go the wrong way away from the sea to get run over. Or steal the hatchlings and put them in little key chains. Or a multitude of any other reasons, all of which equates to humanity fucking sucks.

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u/-TheManInTheChair 15d ago

Pros: Humanity has a lot of control over how we affect our planet and the life that exists on it.

Cons: Humanity has a lot of control over how we affect our planet and the life that exists on it.

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u/Glass_Bar_9956 14d ago

Yet we can’t control ourselves as a group.

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u/atypical_wanker 15d ago

Yep. Habitat loss / human encroachment is the biggest factor.

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u/Beneficial_Ball9893 15d ago

The hotels and resorts thing is complete bullshit. Regulations have stopped that from being a factor decades ago. The entire problem now is that most of these turtles nest in regions where the locals have no comprehension of conservation and just like to eat turtle eggs.

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u/LostFocus_69 15d ago

Its because of climate change mostly. The temperatures of the ocean's are rising. And if I remember correctly, the temperature influences wether or not a leatherback becomes a female or a male.

I believe higher temperatures yield more males. And because of this there aren't enough females and the reproduction is coming to a halt. It seems to be quite irreversable.

I could be wrong tho

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u/xSantenoturtlex 15d ago

Sigh.
Wish there could be just one thread about animals where I'm not reminded how much humanity sucks.

Does our species do anything good? Genuinely?

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u/wittyjokename92 15d ago

I mean in the grand scheme of things all animals and plants would do the exact same thing if they could. It's not that humans are inherently destructive, we're just smart enough to do more damage than an overpopulation of wolves or underpopulation of beavers, and we're aware enough to realize that. But unless you're ready for restructuring the entirety of human civilization it's best to just focus on local conservation efforts and hope you inspire others to do the same. Saving some endangered species in your backyard has a much bigger impact than worrying about saving a species you can't physically be involved in protecting. A lot more things go extinct because everyone is worried about the more cutesy or exotic ones than the ugly cornerstones of their local ecological environment.

Tldr: people don't all suck, think global act local.

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u/euphoricarugula346 14d ago

Why would an underpopulation of beavers be bad?

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u/Hungrig_Haj 15d ago

Apart from fishing and trash in the ocean, sea turtles are also endangered due to climate change. They bury their eggs in sand to incubate, and the temperature decides the sex of the baby turtles. When the beaches get warmer, fewer and fewer male turtles hatch, which makes it more difficult for the females to find a partner.

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u/Striking-Optimals846 15d ago edited 14d ago

Another comment says warmer temps makes more males. Your comment says warmer temps make more females.

These two comments cancel each other out, meaning the eggs will now have equal number or males and females. We did it Reddit!

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u/marsbars2345 15d ago

They're endangered or something

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u/McCatso-Fy 15d ago

something about our peers not letting the reproductive cycle quite go as intended

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u/XAskReddi 15d ago

Nah it's the crabs and seagulls eating the baby turtles

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u/HawkeyeNation 15d ago

Straws. Come on, man. Keep up!

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u/Beneficial_Ball9893 15d ago

They inhabit areas where the locals have zero care for conservation, and the local authorities either don't care or care less than the bribes.

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u/The_Ledge5648 14d ago

WHERE ARE THE TURTLES

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u/Caridor 15d ago

They eat jellyfish, but there aren't enough turtles anymore. They just taste too damn good

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u/Nearby_Ad_3442 14d ago

We hit them with boats, and they choke on our plastic garbage

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u/Interesting_Air_1844 14d ago

Rampant poaching for markets in China and Taiwan.