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Great Barrier Reef could die from eating PLASTIC as coral found to LOVE the taste

Source
Express

Publication Date
2017-10-27

Coral reefs regularly eat micro-plastics that have built up in the oceans as the material is delicious to them, researchers at Duke University have found. Marine animals often mistakenly eat plastic debris as they believe it is prey.

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http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/871892/Great-Barrief-Reef-plastic-microplastics-coral-die