Life finds a way.
While these are certainly fascinating findings, they also present more questions than answers.
"It’s hard to know exactly what’s going on," Haram continued, "but we have seen evidence of some of the coastal anemones eating open ocean species, so we know there is some predation going on between the two communities." As with the introduction of any new species, there are likely to be more long-term changes as the trash flotilla continues to grow — but at the very least we're learning more about the way life interacts with human-made waste and how it's adjusting to its unusual new home.
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