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Toby has a minion!
I protect the Small School of Neons
I protect the Small School of Neons
Toby
The Common Chelon
Owner: Lisa
Age: 3 years, 7 months, 2 weeks
Born: August 10th, 2020
Adopted: 3 years, 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Adopted: August 10th, 2020
Statistics
- Level: 1
- Strength: 10
- Defense: 10
- Speed: 10
- Health: 10
- HP: 10/10
- Intelligence: 0
- Books Read: 0
- Food Eaten: 16
- Job: Unemployed
The crew noticed the ghost net off their port bow and went into rescue mode. They worked together to pull the huge net onto their deck, exclaiming at its weight. They were sad at how many poor creatures were caught in its grip. If humans would just properly do away with their old equipment and trash, so many lives could be spared. Just as the crew got to the end of the big net, they caught sight of a small sea turtle tangled badly on the top edge. They got the net on board and got to work cutting him free. Everyone was all smiles and high-fives when they were able to release one life back to the ocean. And the turtle was certainly happy as he sped quickly away through the waves.
Toby didn't know who the large, strange creatures were who had freed him from the giant jellyfish creature thing, but he wasn't going to stick around to find out. He swam faster than he ever had in his life, away from the large, loud thing the creatures were floating on, away from the deadly, strange not-jellyfish, and towards shallower water. Once he slowed down, he realized there were small fish, real jellyfish, and tree roots all around him. The water was shallower and warm. For the first time in his short life, he felt something like safety. He didn't see any of whatever-it-was that was floating all over the ocean, the not-food, not-jellyfish, deadly stuff that had killed so many. He rested under the roots of a large mangrove and thought. What was befouling the ocean? He was young, sure...but he could still do something. Maybe he could clean it up. Maybe he could make a small difference if he did. A small difference was better than no difference after all, and so he set to work.
You probably guessed that the 'not-food, not-jellyfish' in the story is plastic and nets. Sea creatures don't know that plastic bags, drink lids, straws, other plastic one-use items, and nets are not something they should eat - in many cases, they look a lot like jellyfish, which many creatures eat. Plastic pollution and ghost nets (which is what fishing nets that have been left adrift are called) are a huge problem and are killing many creatures every day. But we can all make a change! Choose reusable bags for shopping, use a reusable cup for your morning coffee, but your lunch items in containers you can use over and over again, and sign petitions to get your county/state/country/etc. to ban plastic bags in grocery and big box stores. You can also sign petitions online to do away with ghost nets, by fining those who are caught leaving them, and to do away with large net-fishing altogether. Educate yourself and those around you - like Toby, we can all make a difference!
Toby is named 'Toby' after the last pet turtle I had. I got him as gift - he was a tiny, tiny baby. I had him for years and only gave him away when he got too big to house him properly. He went to a teacher who had a pond in her classroom - and another turtle to be his friend.
Writing by Lisa, Pixel Turtle Animation from Peachie's Collection, Background from DepositPhotos with blue color edit by Lisa, plastic free turtle from CleanPNG
Pet Treasure
Common Lifelike Chelon Doll
Romero Shipwreck Plastic Jelly
Suspicious Plastic Bag
Precious Plastic Bags
Plastic Party Bag
Pretty Straws
Blazing Plastic Comb
Green Plastic Bottle Opener
Aqua 2013 Celebratory Plastic Toy
Sun Fish Straw
Arid Fish Straw
Dawn Fish Straw
Gold Fish Straw
Field Fish Straw
Marsh Fish Straw
Nuclear Fish Straw
Dusk Fish Straw
Lilac Fish Straw
Twilight Fish Straw
Red Fast Food Straw
Red Fast Food Cup Lid
Red Fast Food Cup
Yellow Fast Food Straw
Yellow Fast Food Cup Lid
Yellow Fast Food Cup
Green Fast Food Straw
Green Fast Food Cup Lid
Green Fast Food Cup
Blue Fast Food Straw
Blue Fast Food Cup Lid
Blue Fast Food Cup
White Fast Food Straw
White Fast Food Cup Lid
White Fast Food Cup
Breezy Bit of Netting
Romero Shipwreck Tattered Net
Green Tinted Fishing Net Buoy
Glowing Hydrus Sea Glass
Flowing Hydrus Seaweed
Deep Sea Circles Artifact
Blue Seaweed-Wrapped Driftwood
Gray Moss
Cut Mossy Agate Geode
Cave Moss
Moss
Weirdly Shaped Rock
Strangely Shaped Rock
Oddly Shaped Rock
Magnetic Stones
Floating Broken Rock Fragment