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Plastic pollution significantly harms marine and terrestrial animals, as plastic waste persists in the environment for hundreds of years. Sea turtles, birds, and whales often ingest plastic, leading to severe health issues and death. The document emphasizes the need for reduced plastic use and increased recycling to protect both wildlife and human health.

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Not Just About Us

Plastic pollution significantly harms marine and terrestrial animals, as plastic waste persists in the environment for hundreds of years. Sea turtles, birds, and whales often ingest plastic, leading to severe health issues and death. The document emphasizes the need for reduced plastic use and increased recycling to protect both wildlife and human health.

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Not Just About Us – The Animals and Plastic Pollution

Every year, a lot of plastic goes into the sea. Things like plastic bottles, bags, and fishing nets
move around in the ocean. Plastic doesn’t go away. It stays in the sea for a very long time –
even hundreds of years.

This is bad for nature and very dangerous for animals in the sea.

Sea turtles sometimes think plastic bags are jellyfish. They eat them, and the plastic stays in
their stomachs. They can’t eat real food and slowly die. Birds sometimes give plastic to their
babies. In one bird, scientists found more than 200 pieces of plastic.

Other animals like fish, whales and dolphins also eat plastic or get stuck in fishing nets. One
whale in the Philippines had 40 kilos of plastic in its stomach – shopping bags and food
wrappers. These animals are in pain, and many of them die because of plastic.

Even animals on land are in danger. Plastic breaks into very small pieces called microplastics.
These are in rivers, in the ground, and even in the air. Cows and birds can eat microplastics
too. Some plastic also goes into our food.

We must remember: plastic pollution is not only bad for animals. It is our problem too. We
can use less plastic, recycle more, and help clean the planet. This helps the animals – and it
helps us. If we save them, we also save ourselves.

True or False?

Write T (true) or F (false). Correct the false ones.

1. Plastic disappears in the ocean after a few years.

2. Sea turtles sometimes eat plastic bags.

3. Birds always know what is food and what is plastic.

4. A whale was found with plastic in its stomach.

5. Only sea animals are in danger because of plastic.

Find words in the text that mean:

1. A soft sea animal that looks like jelly → ________

2. To die because of no food → ________


3. To be in trouble because something is around your body → ________

4. Very small → ________

5. To use something again → ________

Match the two halves:

Sea turtles mistake plastic for jellyfish

Birds feed plastic to their babies

Plastic stays in water for hundreds of years

Whales have plastic bags in their stomach

Microplastics are in rivers, soil and air

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