Petrel chick in Patagonia (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Petrel chick in Patagonia

Caption

 A young petrel chick rests on Isla Gran Robredo, off the coast of Chubut Province in Patagonia, Argentina. Scientists found that petrel parents are inadvertently feeding chicks plastic foraged from the sea.

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Luciana Gallo/CONICET

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