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Argumentative Essay On Loggerhead Sea Turtles

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Argumentative Essay
Deanna Wood
Mrs. Tubergan and Mrs. Rhodes
English 6
12 March 2018

Each year sea turtles, such as the Loggerhead Sea Turtles, get closer and closer to extinction because of threats they face every single day. They die from fishing nets, marine debris and oil spills. Loggerhead Turtles will be extinct if we don’t stop causing the harmful threats we are doing. First, oil spills is a big problem in killing our sea turtles. According to Sea Turtles Conservancy there has been a study in 1994 on baby sea turtles, that 63% of all the baby sea turtles had tar inside of their bodies. This happens because when they are eggs the oil washes up the shore and goes into the sand, where the eggs are and then they have tar in them. That is just for how the babies can die from oil, not the adults. Even though they oil does not stick to them as much as other species, they still eat things with tar on them and according to the Sea Turtle Conservancy, whenever they eat oil, it messes up their heath and they become weaker and in more danger. Oil spills are harmful to our turtles, but that is this is only one of the dangerous threat they face. Second, trawl fishing is another life threatening threat to our Loggerhead Sea Turtles. According to Sea Turtle …show more content…

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