March 5, 2010

Contents of a bird's stomach

The above photo shows the contents of the stomach of an adolescent Laysan albatross found on the Kure Atoll, a tiny speck of land 1380 miles from Honolulu. Photographers David Liittschwager and Susan Middleton had been watching the bird when it died so they opened it up and found that it died from the 12 ounces of indigestible items the bird had scooped up over time from the ocean's surface. The photo shows bottle caps, cigarette lighters and hundreds of plastic bits.
Draw your own conclusions but I think once the 'canaries' go then whom do you think goes next?
source: Audubon magazine

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