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The article seems to suggest that this is bad and "heartbreaking", but at least it does admit that the animals are doing it by choice. Maybe they like the color
by xhkkffbf 3y ago
The article seems to suggest that this is bad and "heartbreaking", but at least it does admit that the animals are doing it by choice. Maybe they like the colorful detritus and they gain status by wearing it? After all, humans used to like to wear animal furs for status. It's only fair.
- feoren 3y agoThere are a lot of awful effects of plastic in the ocean, but I agree: this doesn't really seem like one of them. Hermit crabs seem to readily move into better homes if they find them, meaning that these are only providing them with more options.
- nuc1e0n 3y agoNatural? Artificial? It's all just atoms and the distinction is only in our minds. Discarded snail shells are also pollution. You may say that they break down and plastic doesn't but bacteria are evolving that eat plastic. Coal only exists because when trees first evolved there was initially no life that could break down dead wood.