“Fishy” uses the form of a stuffed Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) to envision a close reality where the effects of the environmental crisis on charismatic megafauna, like the Blue Shark, become so deeply associated with the species that their symptoms are reflected even in their representations, such as in children’s toys.

 

The piece references a Stanford study that identifies the Blue Shark as a species of “high concern” in regard to their rate of plastic ingestion.