Plastic trash kills half a million hermit crabs on remote islands each year
2020-02-28 17:06
An estimated 570,000 hermit crabs become trapped and die in plastic containers on the remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Henderson Island each year, according to a new study.
Accumulated plastics on beaches could cause a serious decline in hermit crab po ...
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