🐢 REGRESARON AL MAR A UNA TORTUGA DE 130 KILOS EN LAS TONINAS

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👉 Una tortuga marina gigante fue rescatada y devuelta al mar en Las Toninas. En una entrevista, Matías Arrigazzi, biólogo de Greenpeace, explica las amenazas que enfrentan estas especies debido a la actividad humana y ofrece recomendaciones sobre cómo actuar si se encuentra con un animal marino varado.  👉 Seguí en #ElNoticieroDeA24

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00:00a giant turtle that appeared that they found there is a sea turtle it is not like

00:08a novel but obviously we honor the great maria elena walsh a huge turtle good

00:16at least to what we are used to imagining a manuelita no no this is much

00:21bigger had been rescued on October 30 and again ended up going out on this

00:29opportunity in the tuna well this is the way in which they rescued her in which they

00:36helped her to be able to return to the sea again we imagine but hey now we are going to

00:43ask an expert who is matías arrigasi who is a biologist from greenpeace because these things happen

00:53and what is done when they are done when these findings are given only matías good day very good

00:58day good we are with many similar news of the appearance of wildlife on the coast

01:05are also months in which the beaches are full of people then there are also people

01:10always there and you see it of course more people to record exactly but it must be said that it is

01:16something that can occur naturally and unfortunately many other times it occurs

01:22for other causes that are not natural in this case we are talking about a turtle called the

01:26UD turtle, which is the largest marine turtle species in the world, it measures about three meters and that

01:32unfortunately appeared dead, the causes are not known yet, more than one appeared sometimes

01:38there are natural causes such as old animals, animals that get sick and reach the coast, animals

01:44that get disoriented and end up dying that suffer a stroke, the problem is when the causes are

01:49more related to people, which is what happens many times, not like intensive

01:53industrial fishing that many times the fish unintentionally in giant nets end up dying

01:58turtles that die asphyxiated or entangled in nets or in tanks in fishing lines in

02:07plastics this animal must be said to eat among other things jellyfish that are so in these days

02:14so fashionable in the news it is happening well those jellyfish are food, that is, they are the

02:21natural predators because today we thought about it when we thought about notes precisely for this

02:27noti and we said this turtle that we will still have to determine why it did not survive, it can

02:35be natural causes because it is a species of a large animal and others but they are the natural predators

02:41for example of those jellyfish or Portuguese carabiners that are being found in Uruguay and that

02:48nothing is that it is possible that they even reach our coasts, right? That's right, there are thousands of

02:56species that exist of jellyfish and what problem is there with that that is very easily confused with

03:01plastics with bags with plastics that we throw into the water or that they reach the water because

03:06we throw them in our houses and they end up reaching the water so that's where we have to

03:11become aware and be responsible in the part that we have to be aware that just as we love to

03:16see a turtle we like to see it healthy we like to see it swimming in its natural habitat and it is very

03:21sad that they sometimes die for things that we can avoid then it is also to become aware we talk

03:26about jellyfish there are many good jellyfish you have to see turtles that eat them naturally and

03:29for that to happen the turtles have to be healthy so you don't have to confuse the jellyfish

03:33with plastic for example not because we can talk about oil of collisions with boats of

03:38the offshore exploration that is being done in the Argentine Sea there are many causes unfortunately

03:42that are related to people and that threaten them and put them at risk and that there are many

03:47species of many species of marine fauna that we are seeing not only turtles that are threatened

03:52by causes related to man that is the part that we have to work sure and this huge amount

03:59of stranded animals that we see the other day we also observed talking about human responsibility

04:05about this a young man who was then fined and others but who approached for example

04:13the area where the beach of the sea lions is in Mar del Plata, not with his water motorcycle, he was not

04:17the only one because there were two crew members on the water motorcycle and he approached, he was going, he was going, he was coming, I say

04:24this type of thing, I understand that they also affect, although it is not for a little while, that ecosystem

04:32that they form, let's say that they are part of this case, those sea lions, but that type of concept, let's say

04:37actions end up generating unforeseen consequences in other animals in other species of the sea,

04:44right? Exactly, there is something that we repeat tirelessly from Greenpeace and it is that we invite you to

04:52live with nature, to enjoy it and to live and that our activities impact as

04:56little as possible, we can impact in many ways as I just mentioned some but

05:00there are others that perhaps with the best intention, someone vacationing or doing a recreational activity

05:06generates an impact on an ecosystem that many times the damage can be very large, perhaps one says

05:12well, it's five minutes, I come, I take a walk with the water motorcycle, the impact it produces is

05:17difficult to magnify sometimes, damage is produced many times without intention that are very serious or even

05:22irreversible. Like what for example? I mean, so that it is understood, to raise awareness, what can

05:28generate a fearful action like the one we just described, Matías? Well, we are now

05:33talking about the beaches, in the beaches it is always recommended not to circulate with motorized vehicles,

05:41perhaps it is difficult to imagine this in a crowded beach, very crowded with the sea of silver,

05:46but we have other beaches on the Atlantic coast that are not so crowded and that are suitable for

05:51this type of activity, there are activities that are touristic and others that there are people who do it

05:54on their own and perhaps they do not do it with bad intention, but those beaches are the habitat of many

06:00animals and it is an ecosystem that is already impacted and that we have to try to

06:05continue to impact but as little as possible or mitigate those damages, if we circulate without

06:10wanting we can run over animals, we can sometimes deteriorate the sand and that below it can have

06:16nests, below there may be eggs for example and we are not seeing them, it is not that we wanted to

06:21destroy the eggs but we went over without seeing them and we destroyed them, there are a lot of animals

06:26that get scared by the noise, they get stressed, they can end up dying from the impact that we

06:30caused, it was an activity that again we did with the best intentions, nobody said I'm going to go out

06:35to destroy wildlife, but what can happen and you have to be aware, the same with fishing,

06:39with fishing equipment, what we said before, the plastics that we throw away, the waste that we

06:45leave on the beach when we go, never, never leave any type of waste, not even cigarette butts

06:50that also have a great impact. Of course, they consume a lot of water, for example. Exactly,

06:56and they can be digested by animals that end up dying, consuming materials that they cannot

07:01digest because they are materials that we leave on the beach and that sometimes confuse with food,

07:05so the animals are not stupid, they are a kind of trap, the animals are not

07:10naturally prepared to distinguish what is a plastic and what is not, so unintentionally we end up

07:15causing that damage. Matías, going back to the turtle, what happens, for example, if someone,

07:22as you say, right now there are many people on the coast, people who are summering, what happens

07:29if you find an animal of these characteristics or any other marine species?

07:35The question is very important, recommendations, if you find an animal alive or dead, there is the

07:41big difference, it is the time with which we count, right? If the animal is dead, you should never

07:45approach it, because we do not know what it died of, although we are not going to stress it because it is already

07:51dead, it may have a disease that we do not know, something that is transmissible, it may happen

07:57that unintentionally we generate a damage to ourselves and if the animal is alive, of course

08:02you should not approach it, you should not touch it, this is for the safety of the animal and also for the

08:06safety of people, because those animals can bite, they can hit us and

08:11they can get hurt, we can stress them with contact, many times we also say

08:15with the best of intentions, as recently happened with a dolphin that appeared, if we

08:21wanted to calm a dolphin by caressing it, we would cause damage, we cause damage because the

08:26skin of the dolphin is very sensitive and because it also does not understand caresses, caresses are

08:30things of people, not of animals. If we want to calm the animal, the best thing we can do is

08:35move away, be silent, call the authorities immediately, whether it is a beach with

08:42lifeguards or lifeguards and if not, the fauna authority of the area or an application authority

08:47because on the coast we already saw these days that, for example, Mundo Marino acted, which has a

08:51rescue center, then there are authorities that are prepared for this type of situation,

08:56from the best of intentions we can cause great damage, this is important, the best thing we can

09:01do is not intervene, unless we are specialists. Of course, not to intervene, that is, not even because

09:07recently we also saw this, what you said about the dolphin, about someone who took it, who

09:13grabbed it, people took pictures of him, not to mention what happened years ago, that that generated the

09:18death of that animal, in this case, well, the risk is also for the person who takes it because we do not

09:25know, as you point out, what were the causes of death, why he died, if he can have

09:29some kind of disease that is easily transmitted, I say, you have to be very careful with that,

09:35first out of respect for that animal, first of all, and also because it can harm us,

09:40it can be complicated for our own health. Exactly, that's why what I say is, the best

09:49we can do is not to approach, to be silent and try that people who are dedicated to that,

09:54try to solve the situation, never return an animal to the water, for example. Ah, well,

09:58this is important, first because we are getting closer and we are taking the risk that it is a

10:04injury or that the animal infects us with something, or stress it and end up aggravating the situation,

10:09and on the other hand, because that animal, we do not know why it came to the coast. Of course, if it comes out,

10:13because maybe it needed not to be in the water. Exactly, in the best of cases it can be a

10:19tired animal, a moving animal, its skin, then it simply needs a rest, or it can also

10:25be that it is an animal that is sick, so if we put it in, it will end up dying,

10:29or it will end up aggravating the situation, or that it is injured, and perhaps with a primary care,

10:33the problem can be solved, and if we put it in the water, no. So, sometimes, this,

10:38wanting to do a good action, we end up getting worse. So, recommendation, notify,

10:46simply notify, make space, no photos, do not make noise, because there are animals that are

10:51stressed out a lot with noise, and wait for the people who are dedicated to that,

10:55specialized people, technicians, to try to solve it.

10:58Matías Arrigas and Greenpeace biologist, thank you very much for your time and for helping us.

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