• Question: how will pollution affect species reproduction?

    Asked by Darcey96 to Sajid, Katherine, Jayne, Duncan, anuantony on 6 Nov 2017.
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      Jayne Ede answered on 6 Nov 2017:

      I imagine very badly. Pollution is basically poison, whether it’s messing up the fragile balance of chemicals in the environment that the animal lives in, or just simply killing the animal outright because their guts get clogged up with chemicals – dead animals don’t reproduce! Also, stress can have an effect on animals being able to reproduce, so if their environment changes too quickly for them to handle, they can stop reproducing which has an impact on the species population. Sad face 🙁

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