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WITH NO SEAGRASS IN SIGHT, MANATEES ARE EATING PLASTIC

The last thing Florida's manatees need is another threat to their survival.

Already, they're dying in record numbers as the loss of their main food source, seagrass, takes a heavy toll. Now, researchers have uncovered a new threat: plastic pollution. More than three-quarters of the manatees studied had some type of plastic in their digestive tracts.