Hi everyone, You might be interested in this new paper that adds novel information about an underreported behaviour in wild cetaceans - play with plastic litter.
Some highlights of this work are that dolphins and sperm whales actively interact with marine debris, with sightings registered from a variety of locations around the world and eleven species identified exhibiting this playful behaviour; single-use plastics are the main category of litter observed, indicating that more policies and awareness are needed to reduce SUPs in the environment; the study refers to play with plastics of considerable size or with openings as a potential key in subsequent entanglements; these playful interactions might also be a cause of plastic ingestion in these marine mammals. This work is a baseline study entitled: *"Cetaceans playing with single-use plastics (SUPs): A widespread interaction with likely severe impacts"* If you want to read a bit more about it, download and access it right away *👇* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X23008627?via%3Dihub Best regards, Yasmina --------------------------------------------------------------- *Yasmina RodrÃguez* ORCID <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6910-3185>; Researchgate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yasmina-Rodriguez-2>; Twitter <https://twitter.com/YazzRodrgz> Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, University of the Azores - Portugal www.okeanos.uac.pt ----------------------------------------------------------------
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