Hawksbill sea turtle shell

3D Model

Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered

Plastic was only invented around 100 years ago, but it is now almost everywhere, polluting land, rivers, and seas. Around 8 million tonnes ends up in the ocean every year. Wildlife such as turtles, seabirds, dolphins, and fish die when they become entangled in plastic waste. Many die of starvation as they mistake plastic for food, filling their stomachs with materialk they cannot digest.

This museum specimen is currently located in the “The Future in Our Hands” display case at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.