"Will," a green sea turtle that came to LMC with a traumatic head injury in early December has lost its fight against the cruelty wrought by human hands. I watched the intense, difficult surgery employed to save his life. Will had
survived the odds and seemed to be making great strides in recovery.
Unfortunately, "He" will never make the journey home.
I'd like to think Will went with the knowledge that the human animal isn't evil afterall.
Will, like many of the turtles at LMC, inspired me. How could it not? Just in realizing the spirit of survival that helped Will survive its injuries...you have to admire the strength of its will to live.
I'm often reminded of the starfish story while filming this doc. To paraphrase, it goes something like this:
An older woman walks along the shore and catches sight of a young girl holding something in her hands and rushing it back into the water. Upon drawing closer, the woman can see the girl is holding a starfish - one of hundreds now stranded by a low tide and dying in the relentless sun. The girl carefully, gently places the starfish back into the surf and then turns to head for another one.
The woman knows from common sense that in the time it'll take just to place a few of the starfish back into the ocean, many other hundreds will perish.
"It's sweet that you want to help them, dear," the woman began as she walked up to the child. "But, you can't save all of them...or even most of them. You'll be wasting a lot of energy and it won't make much of a difference."
The young girl considered this for a moment, looked down at her feet and then turned and picked up another stranded starfish.
"I know. But, it will make a big difference to this one," she said as she placed it gently, carefully back into the water.
survived the odds and seemed to be making great strides in recovery.
Unfortunately, "He" will never make the journey home.
I'd like to think Will went with the knowledge that the human animal isn't evil afterall.
Will, like many of the turtles at LMC, inspired me. How could it not? Just in realizing the spirit of survival that helped Will survive its injuries...you have to admire the strength of its will to live.
I'm often reminded of the starfish story while filming this doc. To paraphrase, it goes something like this:
An older woman walks along the shore and catches sight of a young girl holding something in her hands and rushing it back into the water. Upon drawing closer, the woman can see the girl is holding a starfish - one of hundreds now stranded by a low tide and dying in the relentless sun. The girl carefully, gently places the starfish back into the surf and then turns to head for another one.
The woman knows from common sense that in the time it'll take just to place a few of the starfish back into the ocean, many other hundreds will perish.
"It's sweet that you want to help them, dear," the woman began as she walked up to the child. "But, you can't save all of them...or even most of them. You'll be wasting a lot of energy and it won't make much of a difference."
The young girl considered this for a moment, looked down at her feet and then turned and picked up another stranded starfish.
"I know. But, it will make a big difference to this one," she said as she placed it gently, carefully back into the water.
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