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Is your boat helping or harming? - Ali While Handhu was in hospital, he made friends with another patient called Aïcha. Aïcha was a victim of a boat strike and is still in recovery after losing two flippers. Aïcha is doing well after sustaining horrific injuries. Her wounds were treated with surgery, cold laser therapy and manuka honey. This brave little girl is now swimming in the sea with the help of her medical team. ONE OF OUR KEY VALUES IS GRIT OR RESILIENCE. AÏCHA IS AN AMAZING EXAMPLE OF DETERMINATION AND COURAGE. SHE IS ALSO SO LOVING TO OTHER TURTLES WHO ARE FEELING DEPRESSED.
Why should we care about turtles? We should care about turtles because turtles are a really important aspect for the ocean. Turtles help maintain coral reef production all the way up to transporting all the essential nutrients that the beaches, coastal dunes and oceans need. Without turtles, the ocean would not have the ability to function on its own. Therefore, it is very important that we protect all 7 species of sea turtles. Can I tell you a story about a turtle that the Olive Ridley Project saved? Their name is Aisha. Aisha’s gender/sex is unknown, but we only know that she was found floating at the Dhaalu Atoll resort. The resort staff rescued the turtle as fast as they can. The resort staff called the Olive Ridley Project. There was a lot of turbulence and there was a storm, so they had to make a 2 day trip. For the 1st day, the turtle stayed at the resort. The 2nd day, Aisha was transported to the resort on November 4th, 2023. Aisha suffered severe trauma to her front left flipper. Aisha also has the front right flipper’s humerus bone completely exposed and is also currently undergoing critical care wherever she is injured. There are many ways that turtles die. One of these ways is boat strikes. 40% of turtles die from boat strikes every year. The turtles get hit by boats because of many factors; for example, when a turtle is surfacing to bask or get some air, a boat might be coming where the turtle is, and, when a turtle is breathing or basking, the turtle is vulnerable, so, the body or the propeller of the boat strikes the turtle, and the turtle is severely injured from the propeller. The speed and power of the propeller or boat also determines the intensity of the injury. . There are only some solutions to this saddening problem. A solution to boat strikes on turtles is that we could slow down when a turtle is spotted basking or breathing in air. We should also attempt to avoid driving over seagrass beds because turtles sometimes hide there in case a predator is hunting it. Under the seagrass beds, there might be a turtle and the propeller might even kill the turtle instantly, which has happened many times in the ocean. We should also stay in channels of water to make the rates of hitting a turtle lower by a lot. You should always attempt to stop your boat when a turtle is basking or breathing near your area and let the turtle bring itself down after it is done with breathing or basking. We should always remember to not go too fast on your boat. If we do these things, we will be able to stop boat strikes and we might be able to put a stop to the current situation that is happening in the ocean. I hope this world can put an end to the boat strikes and at least lower the amount of turtle deaths by boat strikes from 40% to at least 15% to at least help out the turtles a bit.
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