Morning Report today. We reviewed all the literature available on the topic, and we found from earthworms to African elephants, plastics in general, they have been widely consumed. What we found is that terrestrial species and freshwater species in the form of fish, they re understudied. The problem is more comprehensive than this.
Machovsky-Capuska co-wrote the report with project leader Robson Santos and Ryan Andrades of Brazil.
In it, they noted evolutionary traps such as how transparent plastics in the ocean mimic the appearance of jellyfish, the main food source for leatherback turtles. What the evidence suggests is that the animals are sort of stuck in what we call an evolutionary trap.