# Water planet?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-planet/460619>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 20, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-planet/460619 "2008-08-20T00:30:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-planet/460619/21 "2008-08-22T00:00:16Z")

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[QUOTE=tygerbryght]  
Of course, they were even more scathing about the role the lost and deflated metallicized plastic balloons play in the deaths of birds and animals.  
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Which, much like the plastic 6-pack ring furor in the 80s and 90s, is also likely heavily exaggerated.

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