It's not sharks we should fear, but an ocean without them.
With more than 400 million years of evolution behind them, sharks have survived all kinds of planet-altering events while many other species simply vanished. In the last few decades, however, some shark populations have declined by as much as 80 percent due to threats like plastic pollution, overfishing, finning, and habitat loss.
As apex predators, sharks are uniquely vulnerable to plastic and chemical pollution. Plastic in the environment absorbs toxins from the surrounding seawater. These toxins accumulate in the tissues of prey species that eat ocean plastic. When sharks consume their prey, they also absorb its toxic load. These toxins can inhibit reproductive function and interfere with population recovery.
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