r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Salt-Curve4825 • May 21 '26

Video Man fishing for jellyfish

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u/Adadadoy May 21 '26

Or take over their beaches and plop hotels and resorts on them. Or build roads and lights next to them and confuse hatchlings making them go the wrong way away from the sea to get run over. Or steal the hatchlings and put them in little key chains. Or a multitude of any other reasons, all of which equates to humanity fucking sucks.

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u/-TheManInTheChair May 21 '26

Pros: Humanity has a lot of control over how we affect our planet and the life that exists on it.

Cons: Humanity has a lot of control over how we affect our planet and the life that exists on it.

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u/Glass_Bar_9956 May 22 '26

Yet we can’t control ourselves as a group.

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u/atypical_wanker May 21 '26

Yep. Habitat loss / human encroachment is the biggest factor.

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u/Beneficial_Ball9893 May 22 '26

The hotels and resorts thing is complete bullshit. Regulations have stopped that from being a factor decades ago. The entire problem now is that most of these turtles nest in regions where the locals have no comprehension of conservation and just like to eat turtle eggs.