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> containers create new ecosystems. This is true particularly in deep waters, where most lost stuff is reclaimed by the ocean, eventually becoming home for fish, and habitats where there was none.

How often does this happen? What are the upsides and downsides? Do they destroy other habitats?



Well, there is this ecosystem of orange plastic cats in France: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-have-garfield-...



This is the starting point of the very article we're discussing!


Tom Scott has a video, and it's not as cute as it sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FxfXVuHRjM




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