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DIGITAL CREDITS | COVER: LUCY COOKE. TABLE OF CONTENTS: (BACKGROUND) FRANS LANTING/MINT/SCIENCE SOURCE; (SLOTH) LUCY COOKE; (SEA TURTLE) BIOSPHOTO/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (SUNFLOWER) DAVE REEDE/ALL CANADA PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGES. SAVING SLOTHS: (TWO PHOTOS OF LUCY WITH SLOTH) TOUCAN RESCUE RANCH; PHIL STEBBING; (BACKGROUND) LIGHT HOUSE MEDIA/SHUTTERSTOCK; ALL OTHER IMAGES AND VIDEO BY LUCY COOKE. THE PROBLEM WITH PLASTIC: (SEA TURTLE) BIOSPHOTO/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (JELLYFISH) PAULO OLIVEIRA/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (FISH) PAULO OLIVEIRA/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (BIRD) PAULO OLIVEIRA/NHPA/PHOTOSHOT/NEWSCOM; (HAND & STRAWS) THUNDERSTOCK/SHUTTERSTOCK; (PLASTIC BAG) MNI/SHUTTERSTOCK; (SPOON & FORK) TIMMARY/SHUTTERSTOCK; (BOTTLES) ODUA IMAGES/SHUTTERSTOCK; (HENDERSON ISLAND IMAGE) DANIELA DIRSCHERL/WATERFRAME/GETTY IMAGES; (HENDERSON ISLAND VIDEO) JENNIFER LAVERS; (SEAHORSE) RICH CAREY/SHUTTERSTOCK; (STRAW) OLGA GUCHEK/SHUTTERSTOCK; (GLASS OF JUICE) DAVID BISHOP INC./PHOTOLIBRARY/GETTY IMAGES; (PLASTIC SANDWICH BAG) HURST PHOTO/SHUTTERSTOCK; (LUNCHBOX) BILLION PHOTOS/SHUTERSTOCK; (BLUE PLASTIC BAG) MNI/SHUTTERSTOCK; (GREEN SHOPPING BAG) JANINE LAMONTAGNE/E+/GETTY IMAGES; (PLASTIC WATER BOTTLE) ODUA IMAGES/SHUTTERSTOCK; (REUSABLE WATER BOTTLE) ELIZA317/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS; (NOTEBOOK) TUND/SHUTTERSTOCK; (BACKGROUND) FRANS LEMMENS/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO. CUT BACK ON PLASTIC: (GLASS OF JUICE) DAVID BISHOP INC./PHOTOLIBRARY/GETTY IMAGES; (HAND WITH STRAWS) THUNDERSTOCK/SHUTTERSTOCK; (GREEN REUSABLE BAG) JANINE LAMONTAGNE/E+/GETTY IMAGES; (LUNCH BOX) AFRICA STUDIO/SHUTTERSTOCK; (REUSABLE WATER BOTTLE) ELIZA317/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS; (PLASTIC SANDWICH BAG) HURST PHOTO/SHUTTERSTOCK; (SILVERWARE) REALSTOCKVECTOR/SHUTTERSTOCK; (PLASTIC SPOON & FORK) SARROTE SAKWONG/SHUTTERSTOCK; (BLUE PLASTIC BAG) MNI/SHUTTERSTOCK;
SUPER SUNFLOWERS: (SUNFLOWERS) DAVE REEDE/ALL CANADA PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGES; (JUNIOR SEEDS) NATALY STUDIO/SHUTTERSTOCK; (MAMMOTH SEEDS) JIRI HERA/SHUTTERSTOCK; (SKYSCRAPER SEEDS) KZWW/SHUTTERSOCK; (ILLUSTRATION) MARIAFLAYA ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS; (WATERING CAN) STUDIOVIN/SHUTTERSTOCK; (FLOWER FACT) GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS. EXPLORE MAPS: FRIEDRICH SAURER/SCIENCE SOURCE. THE END PHOTO: LUCY COOKE