It was a plastic drinking straw!

The scientists removed the object immediately because they were far away in the ocean.

They spent almost ten minutes pulling it from the nostril of a sea turtle.

With great difficulty, they succeeded in pulling the straw out of the turtle’s nostril.

The nostril was bleeding, but the turtle was safe.

The straw incident proved how dangerous plastic was to animals in the oceans.

c. Which statements are true according to the story? Number one has been done for you.

1. A team of scientists found a turtle in the sea of Costa Rica. TRUE
2. The team was from The University of Costa Rica. _________ 
3. The team saw something in the turtle’s tail. _________
4. The team found a parasite in the turtle’s brain. _________
5. The turtle was wrinkled and brownish. _________
6. The turtle’s body was bleeding. _________
7. The team removed a plastic drinking straw from the turtle’s nostril _________
8. It took about 10 minutes to remove the plastic straw. ________

Answer

2. FALSE

3. FALSE

4. FALSE

5. FALSE

6. FALSE

7. TRUE