• Aug 08, 2021
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• 1 minute read

Study: sea turtles eat plastic because it smells like food to them

Scientists have discovered that sea turtles consume plastic debris not because of its visual resemblance to their prey, but because of its edible odor. The discovery sheds light on why many sea creatures die.

• Aug 08, 2021
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• 4 minutes read

Sea Turtles Under Threat

For more than 100 million years, sea turtles have lived in the world’s oceans. Today, however, the survival of these living witnesses to the age of the dinosaurs is threatened.