Dangers - CancunTurtles https://www.cancunturtles.com/blog/tags/dangers Tue, 19 Oct 2021 04:47:59 -0500 Website created by te-media | Creative Digital Solutions en-gb Why plastic is a deadly attraction for sea turtles https://www.cancunturtles.com/blog/why-plastic-is-a-deadly-attraction-for-sea-turtles https://www.cancunturtles.com/blog/why-plastic-is-a-deadly-attraction-for-sea-turtles

Scientists have additional evidence to explain why plastic is dangerous to sea turtles: the animals mistake the scent of plastic for food. A plastic bag floating in the sea not only looks like a jellyfish, but it also gives off a similar scent.

]]> contact@te-media.com (tintin) News Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:24:31 -0500 The impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the 2020 Sea Turtle Season https://www.cancunturtles.com/blog/impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-the-2020-sea-turtle-season-cancun-mexico https://www.cancunturtles.com/blog/impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-the-2020-sea-turtle-season-cancun-mexico

With the contingency caused by COVID-19, authorities, hoteliers and environmentalists of the Cancun-Puerto Morelos tourist corridor are preparing to attend the new sea turtle nesting season for 2020, but this year without a volunteer program.

]]> contact@te-media.com (tintin) News Mon, 27 Apr 2020 01:55:19 -0500 Possible impact of Seaweed Barriers for the Turtle Population https://www.cancunturtles.com/blog/possible-impact-of-seaweed-barriers-for-the-turtle-population https://www.cancunturtles.com/blog/possible-impact-of-seaweed-barriers-for-the-turtle-population Obviously one of the mayor attractions of visiting Cancun are those beautiful beaches accompanied by the warm water of the Caribbean Sea. Exactly this is now under thread by a natural phenomenon: Seaweed (Sargassum – a brown macroalga originating from the Atlantic Ocean's Sargasso Sea).

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