44+ Sea Turtle With Plastic Ring Around Shell Pics. Turtle growing against all odds. Since at least 2008, a troubling image of a turtle with a drastically deformed shell has been circulating online, with multiple web sites employing it to illustrate.
The woman behind the turtle video that prompted plastic straw bans from companies like starbucks wants more action on eliminating plastic. Graphic content & inappropriate/ strong language. Now, if you were to look at that is because turtles' shells are covered by plates, called scutes.
Turtle growing against all odds.
With shells that protect them from predators, sea turtles can be found throughout tropical and subtropical seas around the world, including the atlantic and pacific and indian oceans, as well as the mediterranean and the caribbean sea. Since the 1970s, the plastic rings have been a symbol of harmful plastic waste, but they may not historically, sponge crabs put sponges over their shells to camouflage themselves from predators. Turtle growing against all odds. Below, a green sea turtle swims.