Sea turtles are air breathing animals with lungs, so they must surface to breathe. When they are captured underwater in a fishing net and they´re unable to reach the surface to breath, they might drown.

Banco de Imagens Projeto TAMAR2015

TAMAR
Mata de São João, Brazil

Sea turtles interact with different types of artisanal and industrial fishing. Trapped in various types of nets and hooks, can not rise to the surface to breathe and can die drowned.

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Title: Sea turtles are air breathing animals with lungs, so they must surface to breathe. When they are captured underwater in a fishing net and they´re unable to reach the surface to breath, they might drown.
Creator: Banco de Imagens Projeto TAMAR
Date created: 2015
Location: Praia do Forte, Bahia, Brasil

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