Wednesday, 17 November 2021

Discarded tires in the oceans are trapping hermit crabs, with no way out

Discarded tires in the oceans are trapping hermit crabs, with no way out

Hermit crabs are finding their way into discarded tires in the ocean -- and they can't get out, a new study from Hirosaki University found. The concave interior of a car tire can trap hermit crabs that go there in search of food and shelter. The study refers to this phenomenon -- when marine animals get caught in human litter, such as fishing nets -- as "ghost fishing."

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