πͺΌπ Moon jellies are more than pretty faceless beautiesβthey play an irreplaceable role in the ocean food web. Healthy jelly populations sustain beloved endangered species like the Pacific leatherback sea turtle.
These turtles migrate 6,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean all the way from Indonesia each fall when jellies bloom here in Monterey. Their jelly-heavy diet makes them especially vulnerable to plastic pollution, as they may accidentally mistake drifting trash like single-use shopping bags for their see-through seafood of choice. πͺΌ
We can protect ocean life like leatherback sea turtles, moon jellies, and countless other species by cutting single-use plastic use out of our lives and standing up for science-backed United States laws like the Endangered Species Act.
πππ Protecting the ocean isnβt a phaseβride the tide and sign up for Ocean Action emails for advice on how to break up with single-use plastic for good!
