what animals are going extinct because of plastic?
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Fish, marine mammals and seabirds are being injured and killed by plastic pollution, and it is believed that 700 species could go extinct because of it.
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Plastic pollution causes harm to humans, animals and plants through toxic pollutants. It can take hundreds or even thousands of years for plastic to break down so the environmental damage is long-lasting. It affects all organisms in the food chain from tiny species like plankton through to whales.
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Insects are going extinct 8 times faster than mammals, birds, and reptiles. Sanchez-Bayo and the other researchers behind the February 2019 study found that bee species in the UK, Denmark, and North America have taken major hits — bumblebees, honey bees, and wild bee species are all declining.
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["Ethiopian wolf. The Ethiopian wolf is Africa's most endangered carnivore and the continent's only wolf species. ... ", 'Pangolin. ... ', 'Black rhino. ... ', 'White rhino. ... ', 'Mountain Gorilla. ... ', 'African Wild Dog.']
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Many animals living on Earth today are endangered, which means they are at risk of becoming extinct (dying out) on Earth. Endangered animals include tigers, rhinoceroses, orangutans, turtles, and many more. Their numbers have already been greatly reduced and only a few now live in the wild.
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['Critically Endangered: Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus).', 'Endangered: European Mink (Mustela lutreola)', "Vulnerable: Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra). European Squirrel (Spermophilus citellus). Geoffroy's Bat (Myotis emarginatus). Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros)."]
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['They Take a Very, Very, Very Long Time to Decompose. If you asked anybody: “Why are plastics bad for the environment? ... ', "They're So Cheap. ... ", "They're Hard to Replace. ... ", "They're Impossible to Destroy. ... ", "They're Ugly. ... ", "They're Made From Unsustainable Products. ... ", "They're Invisible. ... ", 'They Kill Animals.']
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['Javan rhinoceros.', 'Cheetah.', 'Tiger.', 'Red tuna.', 'Asian elephant.', 'Vaquita porpoise.', 'Mountain gorilla.', 'Irrawaddy river dolphin.']
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Animal extinctions may be caused by natural occurrences such as climatic heating or cooling or changes in sea levels. ... Habitat destruction as farming land expands and forests are cut-down is the main cause of modern extinctions, along with pollution, the introduction of alien species, and over fishing or hunting.
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Because plastic is such a persistent material, the ecological, economic and eco-toxicological effects of plastic pollution are all long-term. These include: Physical impact on marine life: entanglement, ingestion, starvation. Chemical impact: the buildup of persistent organic pollutants like PCBs and DDT.
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['Florida panther. The panther is one of the most endangered mammals in the country, according to the Defenders of Wildlife. ... ', 'Lesser prairie chicken. ... ', "Devil's Hole pupfish. ... ", "Bryde's whale. ... ", 'North Atlantic right whale. ... ', 'Monarch butterfly. ... ', 'Delta Smelt.']
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An endangered species is a type of organism that is threatened by extinction. Species become endangered for two main reasons: loss of habitat and loss of genetic variation.
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Habitat destruction is a primary cause for these extinctions, but overharvest and introduced species also cause species extinction. Regardless of the causes, many endangered animals share similar traits, such as extreme habitat or food specialization, large size and slow reproductive rates.
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Some "endangered" animals include the Sea Otter, Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Giant Panda, Blue Whale, Albatross, and the Snow Leopard. Some "vulnerable" animals include the Lion, Cheetah, Hippo, Dingo, Polar Bear, Humpback Whale, and the Macaroni and Royal Penguins.
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['Arabian Oryx. The Arabian Oryx was hunted to extinction in the wild. ... ', 'California Condor. The California Condor was once on the brink of extinction — there were only 27 left. ... ', 'Corroboree Frog. ... ', 'Bongo. ... ', 'Regent Honeyeater. ... ', 'Panamanian Golden Frog. ... ', 'Bellinger River Turtle. ... ', 'Golden Lion Tamarin.']
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['Tasmanian Tiger. [00:40]', 'Florida Panther. [02:01]', 'Tiny Primates. [03:05]', 'Saber-Tooth Tiger. [04:07]', 'California Condor + [05:21]', 'Horseshoe Crab + [06:58]', 'Bringing Back Dinosaurs + [08:04]', 'New Guinea Singing Dog. [09:11]']
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Continuing this trend, in the past decade, three Australian species have become extinct — the Christmas Island forest skink, Christmas Island pipistrelle and Bramble Cay melomys — and two others became extinct in the wild. The extinctions occurred over most of the continent.