# @4ocean on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CtzibXBMQLY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/7649390-4ocean-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/a56cd50d3e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-06-22T20:00:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** 4ocean (@4ocean) — https://gondola.cc/4ocean

## Caption

Right now, Florida beaches are experiencing a historic invasion of sargassum seaweed from a 5,000-mile-wide sargassum bog in the Gulf of Mexico & Atlantic Ocean.

Researchers at Florida Atlantic University fear that plastic debris floating in masses of the seaweed sargassum is a breeding ground for flesh-eating Vibrio bacteria, which cause vibriosis. Vibrio are extremely aggressive and can seek out & stick to plastic within minutes.

As the leading cause of death in humans from the marine environment, Vibrio are responsible for about 80,000 illnesses and 100 deaths in the United States annually, typically contracted by consuming raw or undercooked seafood or by getting seawater in an open wound.

Learn more and read the full article at the link in our bio.

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