But then you see the reasons for all the delays and route changes lingering in the background slowly build up. The short becomes laced with a tension that is released in a moment that is just completely and utterly devastating, and perhaps the closest an Aardman product has come to actual horror. It’s just...well, watch it for yourself.

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The starkness is not without merit, and as Polygon notes, it has a cause beyond just shockingly reminding you of the great cost we enable with ocean pollution. The short is attached to a petition for U.S. audiences to reach out to Evan Bloom, the U.S. State Department Director of Ocean and Polar Affairs, to agree to action on the United Nation’s plans for an intragovernmental Global Ocean Treaty. Discussions are set to take place March 23, and if you wish to sign Greenpeace’s call to action, you can do so here.

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