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Why Is Plastic Dangerous For Marine Life

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Answered by Anonymous
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The evidence of the plastic’s impact on marine life is ever mounting:

It is expected that there will soon be more plastic in our oceans than fish.

Fifty to 80 percent of all sea turtles found dead have ingested some form of plastic.

Seabirds are beginning to unintentionally feed their chicks plastic, mistaking it for food, and one study found that 98% of the chicks sampled had ingested some form of plastic.

There are several accounts of various whale species found dead after plastic consumption, such as in 2002 when a Minke whale was found with 800 kg of plastic bags in its stomach or in 2004 when a Cuviers Beaked whale was found with tightly packed black plastic bags blocking the entrance to its stomach.

Answered by taneesha87
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HEY MATE HERE IS YOUR ANSWER:-

Fish, seabirds, sea turtles, and marine mammals can become entangled in or ingest plastic debris, causing suffocation, starvation, and drowning. Plastic waste kills up to a million seabirds a year. As with the sea turtles, when seabirds ingest plastic, it takes up room in their stomachs, sometimes causing starvation. Hence, Plastic is dangerous for Marine Life.

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