Photo: Carolina Waterfowl Rescue/Facebook
Turns out your old bra can helpsave a turtle’s life!
Carolina Waterfowl Rescue, ananimal rescue groupbased out of Charlotte, North Carolina, raised a stir online after putting out a request on social media this week for discarded bras.
“To all our bra wearing friends! When you discard one you no longer want please remove the eye closures from the fasteners for us! We use them to mend our turtle shells!” theywroteon Facebook, clarifying that they needed both sides of the closure.
The nonprofit shared in the post that they got the idea from the Wildthunder Wildlife & Animal Rehabilitation in Independence, Iowa, which had previously posted on Facebook about how they usebra clasps and zip tiesto help repair cracks in turtle shells.
“It acts like a little fixator, it’s the eyelets that we need,” Freitas told the outlet, adding that they “basically wire the shell together.”
When it’s time for the turtle to be released back into the wild, the glue holding everything together gets worn down, which allows the clasps to be easily removed.
“You can recycle something that would go into a landfill,” Freitas shared. “And I mean, they’re helping a turtle. Who wouldn’t want to help a turtle?”
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On Friday, Carolina Waterfowl Rescue went on to post a list of other items they need to help turtles.
“We have had an overwhelming response to out turtle posting!! Several people had asked for a turtle wish list. Here are a few items we need for turtle repair,” the groupwroteon Facebook, sharing a list which also included earthworms, which they noted as the “most important,” romance lettuce, and fish tank filters.
Officials told the outlet that the response to the unusual query was overwhelming, with people from across the county sending in thousands of tiny nests.
source: people.com
