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The plastic found in a single turtle's stomach
Hundreds of shards reveal the threat to wildlife from debris floating in our seas
This collection of hundreds of coloured, jagged shards could be a work of abstract art. But the objects in the photograph to the right are the contents of the stomach of a sea turtle that lost its battle with plastic pollution.
Environmentalists examined the stomach of the juvenile turtle found off the coast of Argentina. The bellyful of debris that they found is symptomatic of the increasing threat to the sea turtles from a human addiction to plastic.
Sea turtles often mistake plastic items for jellyfish or other food. Ingesting non-biodegradable ocean pollution can cause a digestive blockage and internal lacerations. The result can be debilitation, followed by death.
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its so horrible.. a very serious action is required to stop the destruction of wildlife..there must be strictness and proper rules imposed on all plastic manufacturers that they must not allowed to waste any sort of plastic wastage directly in the sea.
oh its such a sad news!!! i think common people are more to be blamed for this as they are the ones who left all the litter including plastic items etc which are often mistaken as food by the poor turtles.
aye my toto never eats plastic he is a good pet :)
and yea people should be blamed for that this is directly effecting the marine life