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Thursday 29 March 2012

How does pollution affect Leatherback turtles?

Do you know what happens to you're plastic bags when you have finished with them?Did you have any idea that plastic bags are made from oil therefore take hundreds of years to decompose (break down and fall to bits). Plastic bags are used every day to carry home shopping. When they are finished with they they end up as rubbish in are bins. Afterwards it gets taken to a land fill sights (a place where all you're rubbish goes) but unfortunately some plastic bags get left on beaches and up in the sea which causes a problem for marine life(life under the sea).
plastic bags look like jellyfish under the sea therefor Leather back turtles eat the bags because they think its their food. The turtles stomach becomes blocked which results in them starving to death! If this carries on by 2030 Leather back turtles be extinct( no more left in the world )

1 comment:

  1. It's really sad to think that these creatures will become extinct because some people are too lazy to throw away their rubbish. I really like the way that you explained certain phrases, so that the reader is able to understand the article!

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