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[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 97 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Save jellyfish by polluting the oceans with plastic

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 weeks ago

Save the trees, eat the beavers!

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 67 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If I was a hungry sea turtle, I would simply eat the jellyfish instead of the plastic.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 28 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

If I was a hungry sea turtle, I'd open the jars to check which one of them has jellyfish inside.

[–] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Cheating according to wh—oh, darn, shrink-wrap license strikes again

[–] tweeks@feddit.nl 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If I was a hungry sea turtle, I'd just order a pizza.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 64 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Be a rebel by also doing your best to avoid the trash in the first place.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 45 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And most importantly, work to disassemble the systems that normalize and support the production of the wasteful and toxic materials we now call trash.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Are you suggesting that we should burn down companies and factories? Cuz I'd never agree to meet you at a specific time and place so that we could disassemble the means of production and effectively delete entire toxic cogs of the economy.

In fact, tell me precisely where and when you plan on meeting so that I can definitely avoid you.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

Reduce, reuse, recycle, revolt

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 weeks ago

i would NEVER suggest burning down factories, as those can be quite easily reconfigured to produce useful things or simply be converted into quite nice neighbourhoods.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 57 points 3 weeks ago

How do the turtles open the jars?

This is fucked up, the scientists ought to know turtles can’t operate jars.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 45 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The answer seems obvious. Introduce the turtles to Kraft Mac and Cheese. Its better than jellyfish and still comes in a paperboard box.

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Mac and cheese? How do you not know turtles love pizza?

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 weeks ago

The ones that moved to NYC, maybe. But no one likes soggy, salt-watered crust.

[–] azi@mander.xyz 34 points 3 weeks ago

I can tell the jellies are on the right and that they're in the genus Aurelia. Seems like a skill issue

[–] SoupBrick@yiffit.net 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago

Instructions unclear, I'm crying uncontrollably

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Now imagine you're a hungry sea turtle.

I already do that every day. What's next?

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

The soft calls of the quetzals wake you. You're finally free. The idea of ragebaiting and news of the American Election Cycle is nowhere to be found.

The warm Caribbean sun shines on your shell, maybe a bit too warmly. Time for a dip in the ocean and maybe a light snack.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean I can tell the jellyfish apart from the plastic bag in this example, so maybe those turtles just need glasses.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You're outside the water now. You have get inside the water then try to find the difference.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

glub glub glub glub

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 21 points 3 weeks ago

It's really easy to tell the difference. The jellyfish is the one that hurts you immediately when you try to swallow it and the plastic bag is the one that causes problems in 1.5-3 minutes with catastrophic problems around 10 minutes.

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] thatsTheCatch 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep for some species it's their main food source

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

huh. live and learn.

i guess for other species it's pizza?

[–] T156@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Only while they're adolescent.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 3 weeks ago

You need the calories for the growth spurt, also to keep up with the ninja training

[–] telllos@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

Lets make bags out of jellyfish!

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Save the turtles but fuck these jellyfish. we will just put them in a jar for our display.

[–] TechieDamien@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

To be fair, we currently have an overpopulation of jellyfish due to both the decline of turtles and raising sea temperatures, so if anything, this is helping.

[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 1 points 3 weeks ago

That would hurt tho

[–] SiEstUbiEst@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Instead of shooting up schools imagine if Americans shot up industrial sources of litter

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

We had one of those near Buffalo NY.

It was totally unrelated to litter, but...

[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago

Wow that's gotta be a record for fastest evolutionary change in response to man made disasters. Good work jellyfish!

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Thats alot of semen

[–] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Turtle is ging to szay hungry. It can open neither of them, because it's missing those precious opposable thumbs.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

im all for getting rid of single use plastics and returning to sustainables like paper and glass. metals have their own issues like expense, and oxidation.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Also imagine being in the water with all those jellyfish the turtle didn't eat.

[–] poke@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Those sickos bottle up the food for the sea turtles and now they're gonna starve!

[–] loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

The point is that they'll sell the bottles to the turtles. The turtles are gonna have to work to earn it. For dozens of millions of years they've been freeloading, receiving handouts from the sea. They're finally gonna contribute to the economy.

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

bro if im hungry the last thing i want is a jellyfish

[–] Maetani@jlai.lu 2 points 3 weeks ago

I know right. Imagine the horror: you are about to eat a tasty platic bag, but you realize it's actually a jellyfish

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

People that litter are human trash.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

Easy. Replace the turtle with more plastic bags.

[–] humblebun@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not as dumb as this dumb turtle suffocating in american