Seabirds dice with bottles and balloons in the Southern Ocean

November 28, 2018

Albatross and plastic bottle
Far from land, albatross tussle over a plastic bottle. Reports of negative interactions between seabirds and plastic have been increasing in the past few decades. Seabirds appear to confuse the floating objects for prey. Image: Alice Forrest/CSIRO
Alice Forrest
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