👉 Una tortuga marina gigante fue rescatada y devuelta al mar en Las Toninas. En una entrevista, Matías Arrigazzi, biólogo de Greenpeace, explica las amenazas que enfrentan estas especies debido a la actividad humana y ofrece recomendaciones sobre cómo actuar si se encuentra con un animal marino varado.
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00:00a giant turtle that appeared that they found there is a sea turtle it is not like
00:08a novel but obviously we honor the great maria elena walsh a huge turtle good
00:16at least to what we are used to imagining a manuelita no no this is much
00:21bigger had been rescued on October 30 and again ended up going out on this
00:29opportunity in the tuna well this is the way in which they rescued her in which they
00:36helped her to be able to return to the sea again we imagine but hey now we are going to
00:43ask an expert who is matías arrigasi who is a biologist from greenpeace because these things happen
00:53and what is done when they are done when these findings are given only matías good day very good
00:58day good we are with many similar news of the appearance of wildlife on the coast
01:05are also months in which the beaches are full of people then there are also people
01:10always there and you see it of course more people to record exactly but it must be said that it is
01:16something that can occur naturally and unfortunately many other times it occurs
01:22for other causes that are not natural in this case we are talking about a turtle called the
01:26UD turtle, which is the largest marine turtle species in the world, it measures about three meters and that
01:32unfortunately appeared dead, the causes are not known yet, more than one appeared sometimes
01:38there are natural causes such as old animals, animals that get sick and reach the coast, animals
01:44that get disoriented and end up dying that suffer a stroke, the problem is when the causes are
01:49more related to people, which is what happens many times, not like intensive
01:53industrial fishing that many times the fish unintentionally in giant nets end up dying
01:58turtles that die asphyxiated or entangled in nets or in tanks in fishing lines in
02:07plastics this animal must be said to eat among other things jellyfish that are so in these days
02:14so fashionable in the news it is happening well those jellyfish are food, that is, they are the
02:21natural predators because today we thought about it when we thought about notes precisely for this
02:27noti and we said this turtle that we will still have to determine why it did not survive, it can
02:35be natural causes because it is a species of a large animal and others but they are the natural predators
02:41for example of those jellyfish or Portuguese carabiners that are being found in Uruguay and that
02:48nothing is that it is possible that they even reach our coasts, right? That's right, there are thousands of
02:56species that exist of jellyfish and what problem is there with that that is very easily confused with
03:01plastics with bags with plastics that we throw into the water or that they reach the water because
03:06we throw them in our houses and they end up reaching the water so that's where we have to
03:11become aware and be responsible in the part that we have to be aware that just as we love to
03:16see a turtle we like to see it healthy we like to see it swimming in its natural habitat and it is very
03:21sad that they sometimes die for things that we can avoid then it is also to become aware we talk
03:26about jellyfish there are many good jellyfish you have to see turtles that eat them naturally and
03:29for that to happen the turtles have to be healthy so you don't have to confuse the jellyfish
03:33with plastic for example not because we can talk about oil of collisions with boats of
03:38the offshore exploration that is being done in the Argentine Sea there are many causes unfortunately
03:42that are related to people and that threaten them and put them at risk and that there are many
03:47species of many species of marine fauna that we are seeing not only turtles that are threatened
03:52by causes related to man that is the part that we have to work sure and this huge amount
03:59of stranded animals that we see the other day we also observed talking about human responsibility
04:05about this a young man who was then fined and others but who approached for example
04:13the area where the beach of the sea lions is in Mar del Plata, not with his water motorcycle, he was not
04:17the only one because there were two crew members on the water motorcycle and he approached, he was going, he was going, he was coming, I say
04:24this type of thing, I understand that they also affect, although it is not for a little while, that ecosystem
04:32that they form, let's say that they are part of this case, those sea lions, but that type of concept, let's say
04:37actions end up generating unforeseen consequences in other animals in other species of the sea,
04:44right? Exactly, there is something that we repeat tirelessly from Greenpeace and it is that we invite you to
04:52live with nature, to enjoy it and to live and that our activities impact as
04:56little as possible, we can impact in many ways as I just mentioned some but
05:00there are others that perhaps with the best intention, someone vacationing or doing a recreational activity
05:06generates an impact on an ecosystem that many times the damage can be very large, perhaps one says
05:12well, it's five minutes, I come, I take a walk with the water motorcycle, the impact it produces is
05:17difficult to magnify sometimes, damage is produced many times without intention that are very serious or even
05:22irreversible. Like what for example? I mean, so that it is understood, to raise awareness, what can
05:28generate a fearful action like the one we just described, Matías? Well, we are now
05:33talking about the beaches, in the beaches it is always recommended not to circulate with motorized vehicles,
05:41perhaps it is difficult to imagine this in a crowded beach, very crowded with the sea of silver,
05:46but we have other beaches on the Atlantic coast that are not so crowded and that are suitable for
05:51this type of activity, there are activities that are touristic and others that there are people who do it
05:54on their own and perhaps they do not do it with bad intention, but those beaches are the habitat of many
06:00animals and it is an ecosystem that is already impacted and that we have to try to
06:05continue to impact but as little as possible or mitigate those damages, if we circulate without
06:10wanting we can run over animals, we can sometimes deteriorate the sand and that below it can have
06:16nests, below there may be eggs for example and we are not seeing them, it is not that we wanted to
06:21destroy the eggs but we went over without seeing them and we destroyed them, there are a lot of animals
06:26that get scared by the noise, they get stressed, they can end up dying from the impact that we
06:30caused, it was an activity that again we did with the best intentions, nobody said I'm going to go out
06:35to destroy wildlife, but what can happen and you have to be aware, the same with fishing,
06:39with fishing equipment, what we said before, the plastics that we throw away, the waste that we
06:45leave on the beach when we go, never, never leave any type of waste, not even cigarette butts
06:50that also have a great impact. Of course, they consume a lot of water, for example. Exactly,
06:56and they can be digested by animals that end up dying, consuming materials that they cannot
07:01digest because they are materials that we leave on the beach and that sometimes confuse with food,
07:05so the animals are not stupid, they are a kind of trap, the animals are not
07:10naturally prepared to distinguish what is a plastic and what is not, so unintentionally we end up
07:15causing that damage. Matías, going back to the turtle, what happens, for example, if someone,
07:22as you say, right now there are many people on the coast, people who are summering, what happens
07:29if you find an animal of these characteristics or any other marine species?
07:35The question is very important, recommendations, if you find an animal alive or dead, there is the
07:41big difference, it is the time with which we count, right? If the animal is dead, you should never
07:45approach it, because we do not know what it died of, although we are not going to stress it because it is already
07:51dead, it may have a disease that we do not know, something that is transmissible, it may happen
07:57that unintentionally we generate a damage to ourselves and if the animal is alive, of course
08:02you should not approach it, you should not touch it, this is for the safety of the animal and also for the
08:06safety of people, because those animals can bite, they can hit us and
08:11they can get hurt, we can stress them with contact, many times we also say
08:15with the best of intentions, as recently happened with a dolphin that appeared, if we
08:21wanted to calm a dolphin by caressing it, we would cause damage, we cause damage because the
08:26skin of the dolphin is very sensitive and because it also does not understand caresses, caresses are
08:30things of people, not of animals. If we want to calm the animal, the best thing we can do is
08:35move away, be silent, call the authorities immediately, whether it is a beach with
08:42lifeguards or lifeguards and if not, the fauna authority of the area or an application authority
08:47because on the coast we already saw these days that, for example, Mundo Marino acted, which has a
08:51rescue center, then there are authorities that are prepared for this type of situation,
08:56from the best of intentions we can cause great damage, this is important, the best thing we can
09:01do is not intervene, unless we are specialists. Of course, not to intervene, that is, not even because
09:07recently we also saw this, what you said about the dolphin, about someone who took it, who
09:13grabbed it, people took pictures of him, not to mention what happened years ago, that that generated the
09:18death of that animal, in this case, well, the risk is also for the person who takes it because we do not
09:25know, as you point out, what were the causes of death, why he died, if he can have
09:29some kind of disease that is easily transmitted, I say, you have to be very careful with that,
09:35first out of respect for that animal, first of all, and also because it can harm us,
09:40it can be complicated for our own health. Exactly, that's why what I say is, the best
09:49we can do is not to approach, to be silent and try that people who are dedicated to that,
09:54try to solve the situation, never return an animal to the water, for example. Ah, well,
09:58this is important, first because we are getting closer and we are taking the risk that it is a
10:04injury or that the animal infects us with something, or stress it and end up aggravating the situation,
10:09and on the other hand, because that animal, we do not know why it came to the coast. Of course, if it comes out,
10:13because maybe it needed not to be in the water. Exactly, in the best of cases it can be a
10:19tired animal, a moving animal, its skin, then it simply needs a rest, or it can also
10:25be that it is an animal that is sick, so if we put it in, it will end up dying,
10:29or it will end up aggravating the situation, or that it is injured, and perhaps with a primary care,
10:33the problem can be solved, and if we put it in the water, no. So, sometimes, this,
10:38wanting to do a good action, we end up getting worse. So, recommendation, notify,
10:46simply notify, make space, no photos, do not make noise, because there are animals that are
10:51stressed out a lot with noise, and wait for the people who are dedicated to that,
10:55specialized people, technicians, to try to solve it.
10:58Matías Arrigas and Greenpeace biologist, thank you very much for your time and for helping us.