24+ Sea Turtles And Plastic Bags PNG. Sea turtles are affected by plastic during every stage of their life. Turtles mistake bags for real jellyfish.
Green Turtle And Waste Plastic Bag Stock Image C040 6867 Science Photo Library from media.sciencephoto.com Sea turtles mistake plastic bags for jellyfish, their favorite food. Plastic bags look very similar to jellyfish, fishing nets often look like tasty seaweed. Threats to sea turtles are numerous and have caused many sea turtle species to be endangered.
Across the world, sea turtles are swallowing bits of plastic in the ocean and often dying as a result.
Sea turtles are affected by plastic during every stage of their life. Well you're in luck, because here they come. Sea turtles see plastic bags as jellyfish. They crawl through plastic on the way to the ocean as hatchlings, swim through it while migrating, confuse it for jellyfish (one of their a turtle in the water can't tell the difference and will often eat the bag, which gets stuck in their stomach.