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Plastic waste forms huge, deadly masses in camel guts

Clumps made up of plastic bags and other trash in the animals’ stomachs are called polybezoars

dromedary camels eating trash

Two dromedary camels forage on trash that litters the desert surrounding Dubai. A new study suggests that plastic kills 1 percent of camels in the United Arab Emirates.

Ulrich Wernery

By Asher Jones

- More than 2 years ago

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Marcus Eriksen was studying plastic pollution in the Arabian Gulf when he met camel expert Ulrich Wernery.