I have to be honest… what happens in the following video is not pretty.
In fact, it's probably the most excruciating 8 minutes I've had to watch since this little girl saw a monster throw a dog out the window of their moving car. Nobody wants to see an animal in pain, but I'm hoping that by sharing this difficult-to-watch video, we can encourage others to make better choices to help save our planet's wildlife.
After seeing this powerful PSA about keeping our oceans clean from garbage, I've been way more conscious about what I put into my body, but I've never seen anything as intense as the following video, which has gone viral since being posted to YouTube in August 2015. Christine Figgener is a second-year Marine Biology PhD student at Texas A&M University who is focused on the conservation and aid of sea turtles. In the following video, the environmentalist really practices what she preaches, as her and a team of scientists save the life of a 77-pound olive ridley sea turtle.
The group spotted the distressed reptile and pulled him aboard their boat to check out the situation. At first they were disgusted by what they thought was a giant worm stuck in the turtle's nostril, but the truth turned out to be even more horrifying. The turtle had likely eaten a plastic straw and tried to regurgitate it, nearly costing him his life. This graphic video proves just how important it is to avoid using one-time-use plastics and always doing our part to recycle.
Warning: This video contains graphic content and strong language.
Please do the right thing and SHARE this video on your Facebook page to remind others to recycle!
