Week of October 4, 2017 Vol 28 • No 45
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“Deeply Free” Features the premiere of INDUMBA in December at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts on the University of Chicago campus. > SEE MORE ON CALENDAR PG 10
The Shedd Aquarium Combats Wildlife Threat with New Sea Exhibit By Christopher Shuttlesworth
The Shedd Aquarium recently unveiled 10 new giant sea life sculptures that were made entirely from plastic marine debris. The sculptures represent a traveling exhibit entitled, “Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea,” which illustrates how plastic pollution has become one of the gravest threats facing ocean and freshwater animals. Jaclyn Wegner, director of conservation action at the Shedd Aquarium,
said plastic is a threat to wildlife animals because plastic items can break down into smaller pieces of plastic that animals can accidently ingest. As a result, animals can choke from the plastic or the plastic can make the animals’ stomach feel full and eventually prevent them from eating without any nutrients. Some scientists predicted that the amount of plastic in the ocean will outweigh the amount of fish pound-for-pound by 2050, according to a Shedd Aquarium press release.
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