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Four Problems Caused by Marine Debris

1.) Trash bags

Trash bags are a problem because animals like Turtles and Dolphins mistake them for jelly fish and eat them. This causes them to either choke or damage there insides.  Sea otters are also affected by this because they are very playful and ever once and a while play with these bags and can suffocate.

2.) Bottle caps.

Bottle caps either diluted on the shore or washed up from the ocean, can hurt birds most eminently. The birds either think the caps are eggs for themselves and eat them, or take them back to their children.  When they eat to much of these bottle caps they become full and starve without their natural nutrients for their bodies.

                                         

3.) Six Pack Rings

Six pack rings are left over from coke or other drinks and when they get in the water it can come terrible for some marine creatures. There have been cases where some organisms get caught in these at a young age and cannot escape it. This then stunts there growth causing the creature to stay trapped while they grow because it wont break off.

4.) Oil Spills 

Oil spills are another main threat to marine animals. They can get in an animals system and cause it to die from different internal failures or fur-bearing creatures can become oil soaked and die by their feathers or flippers sticking to their body, or by trying to clean themselves.