Lobster found with Pepsi logo 'tattoo' fuels fears over ocean litter
The ‘tattooed’ lobster was found off New Brunswick, Canada. By Ashifa Kassam in Toronto @ashifa_k Wednesday 29 November 2017 16.20 EST The Guardian Concerns over debris littering the world’s oceans are back in the spotlight after a Canadian fishing crew found a lobster with the blue and red Pepsi logo imprinted on its claw.
Trapped in the waters off Grand Manan, New Brunswick, the lobster had been loaded on to a crate to have its claws banded when Karissa Lindstrand came across it. Lindstrand, who drinks as many as 12 cans of Pepsi a day, quickly spotted the resemblance. “I was like: ‘Oh, that’s a Pepsi can,’” she said. On closer look, it seemed more like a tattoo on the claw. “It looked like it was a print put right on the lobster claw.” Neither she or any of the crew had seen anything like it. More than a week after the find, debate has swirled over how it might have come to be: some believe the lobster might have grown around a can that ended up at the bottom of the ocean. Others speculate that part of a Pepsi box somehow become stuck on the lobster.
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10/18/2019 06:28:06 am
This is so alarming. If the logo of Pepsi has been found on a lobster, that means that there are lots of litters that are going on the ocean. I am pretty sad with this because it is one of the many things that we need to fight; the waste management and the manner of spreading it. Hopefully, we can make ourselves as ways to solve the problem. If we will also become a problem, then we shouldn't either choose not to be part of it! There are ways we can do to help in. saving the environment.
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