These corals choose to eat plastic over food
▻https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/06/these-corals-choose-to-eat-plastic-over-food/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw201
Scientists have for the first time shown that some wild corals are feeding on tiny shreds of plastic trash. Worse, the animals seem to prefer those ‘microplastics’ over their natural food—even when the plastic is carrying bacteria that can kill them.
▻https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2019.0726