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Bait and switch: Anchovies eat plastic because it smells like prey

  • Written by Matthew Savoca, Postdoctoral fellow, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
imagePlastic trash on San Francisco's Ocean Beach.Kevin Krejci, CC BY-SA

As you bite down into a delicious piece of fish, you probably don’t think about what the fish itself ate – but perhaps you should. Over 50 species of fish have been found to consume plastic trash at sea. This is bad news, not only for fish but potentially for humans who...

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