"Plastics that have spent time in the ocean develop smells that turtles are attracted to... it has now become a problem for turtles because they’re attracted to the smells from the plastics."Mike Hook/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesA new study found that sea turtles confuse the scent of plastic for food.
The recent trend of dead sea animals washing ashore with plastic in their guts has disturbed experts for years now. According to a new study published in Current Biology, sea turtles may actually be confusing plastic for food.
Immortalized in the 1989 movie Glory, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was one of the most storied African American units that fought for the Union.MPI/Getty ImagesThe 54th Massachusetts Regiment during the July 1863 attack on Fort Wagner.
On a July day in 1863, a regiment of Union soldiers took their position near the Confederate-held Fort Wagner in South Carolina in preparation for battle. Like other Union troops, they were dressed in blue and carried bayonets.
On June 21, 2013, Cherish Perrywinkle was lured out of a Walmart by Donald Smith, who then raped and murdered her so brutally that the crime scene photos at his trial brought the jury to tears.Public DomainCherish Perrywinkle was murdered by a convicted pedophile who was released from prison just weeks before.
On June 21, 2013, eight-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle of Jacksonville, Florida, was abducted from her neighborhood Walmart while shopping with her mother — and a stranger who offered to buy them clothes.
On August 19, 1942, British and Canadian troops launched the Dieppe raid in hopes of taking a German-occupied port in northern France — but the results were calamitous.Library and Archives CanadaCaptured Canadian prisoners of war following Dieppe raid.
In early 1942, there were growing pleas for the Allies to invade Nazi Europe and open a second front. The response was the Dieppe raid, which took place on Aug. 19, 1942. Canadian and British forces launched an ambitious invasion in northern France to test German defenses.
Not only was the perp arraigned for the toolbox bomb, but a quick investigation of his home also revealed a sawed-off shotgun and an undisclosed amount of meth.Wikimedia CommonsStout collected feces from his own dogs as well as from the neighborhood dogs he could find piled in his courtyard.
When a friend repeatedly fails to return one’s belongings, frustration can build to a boiling point. For Robb Alexander Stout of Portland, Oregon, there was only one solution.