Dead Petrel With Plastic (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Dead Petrel With Plastic

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Many seabirds, like this Tristram's storm-petrel, mistake tiny plastic particles for food, and the effects can be fatal.

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Sarah Youngren

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