Hi, here i am :D was hang out with my friends yesterday and have a great time with them. look at my happy face. I'm wearing a green glass to support today's campaign. *haha* (what a coincidence!)
I'd came across the pledge to "live green" campaign organised by WWF Malaysia today. It's core purpose to to urged Malaysian to help conserve our living planet by pledging to "Live Green" towards more sustainable lifestyles through making various efforts to protect the endangered wildlife, namely sea turtle from the edge of extinction.
It's triggered my curiosity so I'd googled a bit on sea turtle. I'd never know so much about sea turtle until now which really impressed and amazed me.
Do you know that Turtles are are as ancient as Dinosaurs?
They originated on earth more than 200 million years ago which making the species older than the oldest ever dinosaur.
Besides that, sea turtle is also an animal which return to it's birth place annually, journey from more than 1000km to do so. (Impressive, right?)
Fyi, nowaday, there are ONLY SEVEN LIVING SPECIES OF SEA TURTLES IN THE WORLD, which are flatback sea turtle, green sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, Kemp's ridley sea turtle, leatherback sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle and olive ridley sea turtle.
Malaysia is so fortune to host four species of marine turtles: Leatherback, Green, Hawksbill, and Olive ridley turtles. :D.
I'D HOPE THAT I WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO WITNESS SEA TURTLE BABIES HATCHLING AND THEIR JOURNEY TO THE SEA. That would be a mixed-emotional experience!! Before i'd have a chance to do so, let's watch the video clip below, the baby turtle is adorable!! OMG!
SADLY, SIX OUT OF SEVEN EXISTING SPECIES OF SEA TURTLES ARE LISTED AS ENDANGERED OR CRITICALLY ENDANGERED :(((
Although sea turtles have survived for millions of years but today they are fighting for their survival. They are facing various threats to survive not only from the natural environment but also from human being such as sales and comsumption of their eggs and illegal wildlife trades.
WHY IS SEA TURTLE SO IMPORTANT TO OUR LIFE?
Sea turtles play an key role in maintaining healthy coral reefs and seagrass beds. Aside from that, leatherback turtles are the top predators of oceanic jellyfish which feeds on larval fish. A wide variety of marine ecosystems are dependent on these fish and therefore it's important to help ensure the growth of these fish.
I felt so sorry after knowing bout it and grateful at the same time for able to live a happy and healthy life. I know, we are not used to realise but our action now could change the world. Never in my life that i'd did anything to protect any wildlife because i didn't really think bout it until now. It's not too late to do the right thing, right?
It's just a very simple step to help protect sea turtle from extinction, so why don't do it???!!
Here's the link : PLEDGE TO "LIVE GREEN"
What you have to do is fill in the info as following and submit, that's simple, right? I'd did my part, it's your turn now :D PLEDGE TO "LIVE GREEN"
Wanted to do more to protect the sea turtle?? of course you can! you can now adopt a sea turtle.
For as low as RM30 a month, you can help protect turtles from extinction.
To get further info, like their Facebook : wwfmy or log on wwf-Malaysia.
Good night! going to sleep now :)
