The oceans are full of plastic, but why do seabirds eat it?
Mistaking plastic debris for food.By Matthew Savoca, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Davis
Many seabird species, including the blue petrel (Halobaena caerulea), consume plastic at sea because algae on the plastic produce an odor that resembles their food sources
Imagine that you are constantly eating, but slowly starving to death. Hundreds of species of marine mammals, fish, birds, and sea turtles face this risk every day when they mistake pla…
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