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Simple_Opossum OP t1_j4wrf0l wrote

Reply to comment by VegetableDrank in 4-year-old whale of one of the world's rarest species is "likely to die" after becoming heavily entangled, NOAA says - CBS News by Simple_Opossum

Ah👈, I see what you mean. Of course, it's all those single-use plastics you use on a daily basis, not the producers of those plastics. No, not at all.

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Farbanteri t1_j4x3kpp wrote

I mean, single-use plastic straws are still an issue. While they may not entangle an animal like a net, animals will still eat and subsequently choke on it. Plus, if it doesn’t choke on it, then it digests it - absorbing micro-plastics into their body. We then eat said fish or crabs or whatever, and those microplastics end up in our bloodstream. It’s horrific stuff.

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