#turtlecam project

Quick, did this leatherback sea turtle just eat a jelly or a plastic bag?

Plastic pollution is a big problem in today’s oceans. Leatherback turtles feeding in this contaminated “soup” are very likely to ingest some of these plastics. As part of the TurtleCam project, a collaboration with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, our Anderson Cabot Center scientist Dr. Kara Dodge filmed leatherback turtles eating hundreds of sea jellies that bear a remarkable resemblance to single-use plastic shopping bags.