For years, sea turtles have developed an adaptive mechanism due to which they go out after hatching into the open sea, where there are few predators. However, due to the pollution of nature by humans, this mechanism turned out to be a losing one – in the open sea, young turtles encounter a heap of garbage, which is destructive for them.
Young turtles swim on the surface using ocean currents until they grow up. That way they stay safe. Or, more correctly, they stayed. Now in the open sea, turtles fall into a trap. They consume too many plastic debris floating in the water.
Scientists figured this out by studying turtles that live in the Pacific and Indian oceans. Dangerous amounts of plastic were found in all animals. “While we do not know exactly what effect this has on them, however, any disturbances in the early stages of life can have a huge impact on the entire population,” the researchers clarified. All in all, this puts turtle populations at risk.
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