The largest and rare turtle in existence is the Leatherback sea turtle, often known as the leathery turtle. Being 1.8 metres long and 500 kilometres in weight, it is the heaviest.
Sreeni, Prabhu, and Vella, three fishermen, were out fishing near the Tamil Nadu village of Kovalam. These fishermen were fishing 5 kilometres off the coast of Kovalam Village, which is around 25 kilometres south of Chennai.
While fishing in the water, they discovered a Leatherback turtle caught in a ghost net. A turtle that was heavily entangled in nets was extremely difficult to rescue for every fisherman present there.
In the ocean, ghost nets are lost or abandoned fishing gear. Fishermen catch fish using these nets. Ghost nets may quickly entangle any fish, turtle, or even a person. Because of the ghost net's restrictions on movement, the Leatherback turtle was suffocated.
It was a fully developed adult Leatherback turtle, a species of turtle that lives in the back. The turtle was saved close to Chennai by fishermen Sreeni, Prabhu, and Vella. Getting the Leatherback turtle out of the ghost net, took them close to two hours.
While removing the Leatherback turtle from the ghost net, they all used extreme caution. They had to be extremely careful not to harm the turtle or any of its body parts because of its tremendous weight.
Fishermen who saved An adult male Leatherback turtle were part of a Tree Foundation. By offering community assistance and educational initiatives, this Non- profit organisation seeks to maintain the delicate marine habitat and marine life.
Fortunately, the Tree Foundation advised fishermen not to cut the flippers of a turtle as a usual practice. They asked fishermen Sreeni, Prabhu, and Vella to free the turtle in the ocean by cutting ghost net.
Tree Foundations have seen many different species of the turtle but this male Leatherback turtle was a surprise as they nest only on Andaman Island. This rare species of Leatherback turtle was spotted on the coast of Tamilnadu after 39 years.
The ghost net, weighing 10 kg, was brought back by fishermen after the Leatherback turtle was released into the ocean, and it was given to the Tree Foundation. This nonprofit organisation is engaged in the task of removing ghost nets from the sea.
Two fishermen in July pulled back 14000 kg of ghost nets from the ocean and were given appreciation tokens in exchange for a rs 5 per kg payment.
Two Olive Ridley sea turtles named Paras and May were recently released on a Saturday morning by Tree Foundation and some locals. In the year 2020, these marine turtles were saved. Near Vettuvankeni beach, a Paras sea turtle was discovered dehydrated with its flippers severed, and May got discovered with a head injury at Injambakkam beach.
These turtles' wounds and health were treated by the Tree Foundation. They then released them to the ocean in the hopes that they would travel well and in excellent health.
For more than a hundred million years, sea turtles have been essential to keeping the world's waters healthy. These functions include sustaining healthy coral reef ecosystems and delivering crucial nutrients from the ocean to beaches and coastal dunes.
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