“Sea turtles of all kinds are peculiarly prone to eat plastic scraps and other buoyant debris and to tangle themselved in lines and netting discarded by fishermen, and records of such mishaps have increased markedly in recent years.”

— Archie Carr

[Impact of nondegradable marine debris on the ecology and survival outlook of sea turtles, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 18, 6, June 1987, 352–356, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X87800255] (quote from p. 352)

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