This is what happens when plastic rings ends in the water. A simple act can make the difference.

deathcon62 · 9 months

When I was a kid, we always cut the rings open before we threw them away so this would never happen. These days, they come in boxes

zachinoz · 9 months

On the plus side, he has 2 rooms...

pelanderfunk · 9 months

You can cut the rings up, but if you dispose of them properly, they aren't likely to end up in the ocean before they degrade from sunlight. The reason you'll see animals entangled in them is because people leave uncut rings at the beach along with their other garbage. And I'm guessing the Planeteers in this thread aren't throwing plastic out at the beach.

If you'd like to do more to mitigate our effects on the environment than a 30-second feel-good gesture, you should volunteer to pick up trash at your local beach or wetlands. You're much more likely to save a turtle from a six-pack ring this way.

TBatWork · 9 months

Looks like you're missing a few in your six pack of turtles.

thelehmanlip · 9 months

A simple act like not dumping trash into the water?

OHenryRules · 9 months

What ever you do, DO NOT show this to the Japanese. They don't need anymore new ideas.

oquin70 · 9 months

But, just look at that hourglass figure!

rcmaniac · 9 months

The new plastic holders are perforated so that if an animal does get stuck, it'll rip open very easily.

helmethair1 · 9 months

KillerCanuck · 9 months

I work for a major Canadian Brewer at its distribution center for Ontario. All of our tall cans (473mL) come with these plastic 6 ring holders on them. My job at this distribution center is to run flats of these cans through a series of machines that remove the rings. Sometimes we have to do it manually. Either way, 99.99% of these rings stay perfectly intact when they are removed and consolidated into large cardboard bins that we ship them out in to be disposed of. We fill anywhere from 3-4 of these bins a day. I assume its places like this that contribute to the large majority of these rings getting out there.... and no matter how much I wish we could destroy or cut up the rings, there is no way a massive company such as mine would even consider it (for monetary reasons, no doubt). Let alone an entire industry. Little sad, huh?

We remove the rings for stores that sell our tall cans as singles.

imakepeopleangry · 9 months

Perhaps I'm not understanding something here. Clearly this got stuck to the turtle's shell early in its life. Wouldn't the force of the expanding turtle shell (not to mention ongoing erosion) eventually cause the plastic to break? It would obviously take years to expand to this size around the plastic... Apparently it is far more resilient than I had expected.

anxiousalpaca · 9 months

Why do even have this type of packaging?

SmokeNLark · 9 months

Wow, ok. First, this is sad. I can't believe how many people think this is funny. And apparently no one here understands how things grow. Here's a comparison. If you were a child and I tied a piece of plastic around your wrist and you couldn't get it off, it would eventually cut you and embed into your arm as you grew around it. Yeah, a turtle's shell is hard. But plastic is tough. It stretches and the force of a slowly growing turtle isn't much. It will grow around it and cause internal organs to get all screwed up. And duh the plastic isn't discolored. It is a synthetic material that does not decompose. It's also colorless, so there is no fading.

Gunhead · 9 months

It'd make a sweet ass violin :)

RoosterCogburnhad1_I · 9 months

Turtle girdle?

caligronk · 9 months

How do these fuckin things make it out of the trash and into the water constantly? Don't tell me seagulls. It's lies!

shazam99301 · 9 months

every six pack that comes home with me has gotten the rings cut up for about the last 20 years - do it.

[deleted] · 9 months

I like to cut all but one of the rings. Like playing Russian Roulette with nature.

desquibnt · 9 months

Also what happens when you repost. Another turtle is caught in plastic rings.

Ixenaus · 9 months

Dat Ass!

jmact1 · 9 months

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the only place in Germany I've ever seen these rings is at the PX on post. German soda 6 packs come wrapped in plastic. Most of the German plastic I've seen is clearly biodegradable, and they have an active plastics recycling program. They also use a lot of sturdy returnable plastic divided cases for the 1.5l bottles and beer that are great for keeping your bottles organized.

US biodegradable stuff doesn't look like it would degrade in our lifetimes.

terriblehuman · 9 months

this makes me sad despite knowing what a turtle penis looks like

Kawasumiimaii · 9 months

can this be reposted anymore? x100

ReachingHorizons · 9 months

I was at an animal exhibit in Missouri and they had a turtle on display with this same exact problem. His name was Peanut.

paingriller · 9 months

this is why we should all just drink beer bottles rather then a 6 pack of soda

Malkor · 9 months

[deleted] · 9 months

This is what happens when plastic rings ends near Peter Griffin.

wildhamsterscelica · 9 months

I bought a six-pack of gatorade like the smallish bottles.

The plastic had perforations to split the rings open, without needing a knife or scissors.

Little things like that make me like a company more.

Vakarian_Slut · 9 months

Either adapt and overcome, or die, this turtle adapted, fuck liberals.

ruination77 · 9 months

You could make a cute little guitar out of him

SourCreamWater · 9 months

I ALWAYS rip or cut those things up. Since I was a kid. Seems like it went out of style.

erowidtrance · 9 months

It's slimming.

Crunchy_Granola · 9 months

This happens mostly from oil rigs that dump trash. yes it happens.

gobleep · 9 months

a large portion of discarded plastic ends up here. Please recycle.

sw0 · 9 months

This is why I always cut up my plastic rings on my soda cans. There is a conservation department near my home that I go and visit from time to time and inside a fish tank they have a turtle that looks just like that one. They call him Peanut because of his deformity.

Warlaw · 9 months

[My friend found this turtle while on her internship. Please start cutting these](www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/l9z9q/my_friend_found_this_turtle_while_on_her/)

Submitted 1 month ago by davismm85 to /r/pics 99.8% similar

tumescentpie · 9 months

Wouldn't the solution be to make these out of something that is a little weaker or perforated?

ZaphodPrefect · 9 months

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc46P9bRbvw

pogowhat · 9 months

If this picture is real, which I personally believe it is, this should be a clear reminder to those of you who are usually too lazy to cut those rings.

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