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Tiny baby turtle pooed 'pure plastic' for six days after rescue from beach

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READ MORE: Violent monkeys invading homes and attacking babies in campaign of terrorLuckily the animal was on the mend but Sarah said they found a grim discovery while looking after the turtle.She said in a video on Targona TV: "So he was in fairly good physical condition, apart from having a little bit of dry blood on the shell and on his flipper."But then when he started to defaecate, he defaecated six days of plastic."So for a little turtle this size every single day no faeces came out, just pure plastic."The caretaker collected all the plastic that came out from the little turtle's body and found different sizes of plastics."This guy, I would say, was lucky because some of the plastic that did come out was really hard and that could have caused an obstruction."Luck was on his side and he excreted all of it out and now he's eating really, really well, defaecating no more plastics."The zoo will keep the hatchling for a while until he is grown and safe to get back to the sea.The caretakers were amazed that the turtle survived and is doing well.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.New South Wales have announced a ban on all lightweight single-use as it came in effective on June 1 and from November, other single-use plastic items will be banned as well.That include plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery plates, bowls and cotton buds.READ NEXT:.

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