Plastic pollution has killed half a million hermit crabs that confused trash for shells

Plastic pollution has killed half a million hermit crabs that confused trash for shells

December 7, 2019

Dead whales beach themselves with hundreds of pounds of plastic in their stomachs. Turtles can't breathe because plastic straws get stuck in their nostrils. Birds are mistaking plastic for food, feeding it to their hungry offspring.

Now another sea creature is discovering the devastating effects of plastic pollution: hermit crabs. Garbage that has washed ashore has killed more than half a million hermit crabs on remote islands.

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