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Kate Walsh Wants to Save Sea Turtles from Oceana on Vimeo.

You know what kind of aquatic creature is having a really hard time? Turtles. They've been around for over 100 million years, since before the dinosaurs, and now all seven species are either threatened or endangered.

What's going now to make it so hard for turtles to catch a break? Oh, the usual. Us.

It's the usual marine mix of climate change -- higher temperatures, rising waters, changing coast line -- and interference from overzealous fishermen. Turtles get tangled in ghost nets and drown, or are unintentionally caught in fishing lines. Their nesting areas are destroyed by development and pollution.

If it was just in one area, or only effected one or two species, it would be easier to have hope for the turtles. But it's all of them, and it's everywhere:

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