15 Unfortunate Things Caused By Plastic In The Ocean

If you don't know already then, we are here to tell you that plastic is extremely destructive for the environment. However, still, the consumption of single-use plastic is higher than ever. Did you know that since 1950, we have produced more than 8 billion tons of plastic? If that wasn't enough, beach litter around the world consists of 73% of plastic.

These are alarming figures and ones we need to consider before we consume plastic next time. If you still don’t understand why plastic is a problem then here are 15 unfortunate things caused by plastic in the ocean. Before we get started make sure you hit that like button and also subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications so you can keep up to date with all our latest and most exciting content.

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Death By 80 Plastic Bags

Whales are under constant threat from humans. Many of the species have also been hunted to the point of extinction thanks to our greed. Even now, our habits are gravely affecting the habitats and hunting patterns of whales. Back in June 2018, 80 bags of plastic that weighed around 8 kg were found inside the stomach of a whale. This whale was discovered inside a canal in Songkhla, a province in Thailand. The emergency and medical teams gathered to provide treatment to the whale. The effort to save it went on for five days. However, in the end, the whale died.

After that, the autopsy revealed that it had 80 plastic bags and many other plastic items inside its stomach. The garbage made the whale sick and disrupted its hunting pattern because it could not hunt for food. The poor whale thought that the plastic rubbish was food and ended up ingesting it. This is what we are doing to other species that are supposed to peacefully co-exist with us. We are disrupting their food chains, killing their habitats, and we are also killing them. This is just one example. There are many countless examples of marine life dying because of plastic. So, let’s move on to the next one.

Mass Demise of Hermit Crabs

Our consumption and production habits have far-reaching effects, even to remote places. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Henderson Island are both extremely remote yet they are covered in plastic trash. Researchers visit the island to conduct their studies and seeing trash is a normal occurrence. However, on one of their trips, they noticed something that worried them deeply.

They saw that many plastic containers on the island were not empty. These containers had dead hermit crabs inside them. After seeing this, they conducted a proper study and found that on Cocos Island, at least 500,000 hermit crabs were killed by plastic. On the other hand, at Henderson Island, there were more than 60,000 dead hermit crabs due to plastic pollution. Our plastic debris includes bottles, containers, wrappers, and much more.

When this debris ends up on the islands, they become the perfect traps for crabs who wander inside this debris looking for food. Once they get trapped, they can’t come out because plastic is extremely slippery for them. So, they get trapped inside and eventually they die because they have no way of getting out. During this research, a plastic container was found and that container alone just had more than 500 dead crabs. Because of this plastic problem, there are now half a million fewer hermit crabs left on Cocos Islands.

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