When they see them floating in the ocean they think the plastic bag is a jelly fish!!! Do you try to help keep litter off the beaches?What do you do to help protect our oceans?
2007-10-02 13:27:59 · 9 answers · asked by PBcruzr 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
I went to a senior citizen seminar at Sea World today and most of us seniors did not know this was happening!!! I thought I would get some sincere answers from the Seniors!
2007-10-02 14:06:28 · update #1
I recently heard on TV that in the U.S. you are just starting to introduce cloth shopping bags to replace plastic ones. Here in Australia we've been using cloth ones for a few years. They are seen as being very environmentally responsible, and some shops now do not provide plastic at all, or only if you specifically ask for one. The cloth bags are sold at the check-outs and cost a dollar.
Those plastic bags are killers of wild animals, especially sea creatures. Cloth bags are the thoughtful alternative.
2007-10-03 00:08:02 · answer #1 · answered by Stella 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's sad how so many things like this hurts our sea life. We're not near a beach now, but I'm always cleaning up litter. I cut up the plastic pop holders too. My daughter is majoring in 'environmental science' and gives me lots of information on things such as this. It helps me to be better informed and do small things that make a big difference.
2007-10-02 20:52:52 · answer #2 · answered by luvspbr2 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I know that any pollution is a terrible thing. I have seen pitiful birds caught in fishing line, dying a terrible death, slowly. I have seen the results of sea turtles eating floating styrofoam cups...not pretty. I have seen too many dead whales hit by ships, I have seen too many pitiful mantees run over by speed boats. All for the pleasure of man and boy! where is our conscience! I go to the beach and pick up litter when I am able...it is horrifying to see what people do, their total lack of care about our most precious things....our land and seas. Then, I see and read of purposeful dumping of toxic wastes by corporations! Sickening. when and where are the uprisings of the people? Stuck in the daily 'Make all the money I can"mode...very very discouraging to our furture ....I refuse to consider giving up, and hope others will join me in my crusade. Love and peace, Phil
2007-10-03 02:40:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have caught fish out of a lake with their entire stomach clogged with cigarette filters, they eat them and then starve to death, same thing with corn. An aquarium on the Oregon coast that I used to go to had a big board behind the seal pool with all the things a seal had eaten that killed her. I had a friend here in Idaho who was raising two beef cattle, one swallowed a plastic bag, it would not show up in x-rays and died from it. Keep track of junk and butts and fish line.
2007-10-03 14:31:19 · answer #4 · answered by lilabner 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. Sea turtles will eat those too. I don't know why anybody would have a plastic bag on the beach though. People need to clean up their stuff.
2007-10-02 20:32:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
We don't live anywhere close to the ocean, I do try to dispose of trash responsibly. I have seen on television, where small animals have gotten the plastic carriers(for the lack of a better word) that are wrapped around a six pack of cokes, wrapped around their necks. Before I throw one away, I cut it up in small pieces with scissors.
2007-10-02 20:40:10 · answer #6 · answered by kayboff 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I did not know that. I am nowhere near a beach, but I do my best to keep my city clean of any litter.
2007-10-02 22:14:29 · answer #7 · answered by noonecanne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I had absolutely no idea about the plastic bags.
2007-10-02 22:40:33 · answer #8 · answered by Wrong number 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what does your question have to do with Senior Citizens???
2007-10-02 20:35:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋