Tuesday, November 16, 2010

THE CURSE OF PLASTIC BAGS

"The leatherback turtle can keep itself warm in cold water, dive over 1000 meters below sea level, travel thousands of miles and gulp down a Portuguese man-of-war but is threatened by the inert plastic shopping bag" - Mrosovky, N. 1987



The image above shows two containers- one with plastic bags (left), one with jellyfish (right).  It is no wonder that sea turtles mistaken these bags for food.  Image taken by Mike L. from the CMN 

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