Given that "what goes up must come down," balloons released into the air—whether by accident or in large quantities at events—eventually end up as trash on the ground or in bodies of water. In addition, spent balloons are dangerous to animals, which often get tangled up in the attached ribbons or mistake balloons for prey and ingest them, wreaking havoc with their digestive tracts. According to Clean Virginia Waterways, floating balloons—which may look like delicious jellyfish to unsuspecting sea creatures—are responsible for the deaths of thousands of sea turtles, dolphins, fish and seabirds, many whose populations are already endangered.
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