A funny little photo posted to Reddit this month is getting some major attention. The post depicting a hermit crab on a Cuban beach taking shelter in a toothpaste cap has garnered over 6,800 upvotes on the site. Yes, it looks like a pint-sized chef. Sure, it’s adorable. The photo is something else though. A reminder of the significant damage done to the world’s oceans.

Photo shows hermit crab with a toothpaste cap over its head along a beach in Cuba.

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It is estimated that . An easier way to picture that figure - five grocery bags of plastic waste for every shoreline in the entire world. Add to this that a study released earlier this year claims at some point in their lives and the problem becomes increasingly clear.

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This hermit crab certainly isn’t alone in its struggle. As the New York Times report,Algalita Marine Research and Education Institute founder Charles J. Moore hypothesizes that more animals are killed by plastic waste than climate change each year. That theory is waiting on further research, but could be the first step towards the kind of change required to save the world’s oceans.

,according to National Geographic.It’s stats like those that made this Reddit post possible, but perhaps the three million people who have already seen the image can do something about them.

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