Saturday 7 December 2019

Bottling the Hermits

There has been a mass mortality of hermit crabs on the Henderson and Cocos islands (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/05/plastic-pollution-hermit-crabs-species-decline-henderson-cocos-islands ). This appears to be directly related to the accumulation of plastic waste on the beaches of these islands.

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What's In a Critter's Name? 11. Comma butterfly

The Comma butterfly ( Polygonia c-album) gets its name from the punctuation-like mark, on the underside of its wings.