Bait and Switch: Anchovies Eat Plastic Because It Smells Like Prey


The main way fish are able to find food is by smell. Anchovies are now unable to tell the difference between pray and the smell of plastic. It's not just fish that are being affected by the plastic. Anyone who eats seafood can be affected also. Scientist conducted an experiment on anchovies, by using krill and plastic to see which one the anchovies would choose. Which can possibly lead to harmful affects on people. If people would stop throwing trash in the ocean or leaving it close on the beach, close enough to the ocean it could decrease the amount of plastic in the ocean.


 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bait-and-switch-anchovies-eat-plastic-because-it-smells-like-prey/

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  1. chrheaSeptember 12, 2017 at 10:13 AM

    How/why would it be harmful to humans?

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2017 at 8:56 AM

    People need to stop trashing the ocean because when they do, it is effecting the fish and other aquatic creatures that are living in the ocean. Hurting these animals with garbage is hurting their ecosystem. This is not good for the environment.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 1, 2017 at 1:13 PM

    That is very true, if the organisms in the ocean are eating the pollutants instead of their normal prey then that negatively affects us due to people consuming the organisms and causing us to put these harmful substances in our own bodies.

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