A new study off the coast of California showed that filter-feeding whales are the largest consumers of microplastics, ingesting 1 billion particles over their feeding season. 🐋 This is not surprising as millions of tons of plastic enter the ocean each year, where it breaks up into small toxic pieces. ⁠ ⁠ “It’s a sad story about whales, but also it’s a story about us,” Dr Matthew Savoca, at Stanford University said. “Whether it’s cod or salmon or other fish, they are eating those same fish that the humpback whales are eating.”⁠ ⁠ 🐳 All creatures deserve to live in a world free from plastic pollution. We must #BreakFreeFromPlastic!⁠ ⁠ Source: The Guardian (LINK IN BIO)⁠ ⁠ #PlasticPollutes #Whale #Bluewhale #Ocean #Oceanography #Wildlife #FossilFuels #Pollution #NoPlanetB #Earth #CleanWater #Plastics #Reuse #Refill #Sustainable #GoGreen #LowWaste #UseLessPlastic #PlasticFree #Environment #SaveThePlanet #Sustainability #RefuseSingleUsePlastic #ZeroWaste #PlasticPollution #Plastic #AnimalMemes #Reusables