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Plastic pollution killed half a million hermit crabs on remote island, new research reveals

Published On 09 Dec 2019 11:27 AM


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A new study claims that after being trapped in plastic bottles, more than half a million crabs have been killed.

The research studied the population of a strawberry hermit crab. Research selected two survey sites which were remote tropical island locations - Henderson Island, South Pacific, and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the Indian Ocean.

The criteria behind the selection of these sites was that both were highly polluted ....


Tags : Plastic Pollution, New Research, Plastic Bottles,
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