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Nine years ago, in August 2015, Christine Figgener posted a video<\/a> of her team removing a plastic straw from the nostril of a turtle. It went viral.<\/p>\n

Christine is a friend of mine and fellow marine biologist. We have both conducted sea turtle research off the coast of Costa Rica, where her video was captured. It is emotional and disturbing \u2013 but for us this sort of occurrence is common. We regularly find turtles entangled in fishing gear, and I have seen turtles\u2019 insides filled with plastic. What surprised all of us was how impactful the video would prove to be.\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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