Blue whales ingest 10 million pieces of microplastics per day, study says

(KTLA) -- A new study from Stanford University found that blue whales, the biggest creatures on Earth, ingest about 10 million pieces of microplastics per day.
Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic debris found in lakes, rivers and oceans that come from the breakdown of larger plastics.Researchers discovered that blue whales ingest so much of the microplastics because they exclusively eat krill, a shrimplike animal. Rare moose sighting surprises New Mexico family"The krill eat the plastic, an