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"Death by Plastic"

Plastics that have been littered or thrown out will eventually float into the ocean. Black-footed Albatross are ocean surface feeders and depend on finding food on the oceans surface for themselves. The birds often mistake floating plastic debris as food and will ingest high quantities of plastic bottle caps, plastic fragments, discarded cigarette lighters, and plastic toys, which unfortunately, they also feed to their chicks on remote islands.

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watch these videos. It freaked me out.

What we can do to help:
Recycle
Buy less plastic
Use paper bags

Set an example to others and encourage them to help. Every little bit helps. Pollution in the water will eventually lead back to us. "Plastic food anyone?"
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~GuardianSphinx Nov 21, 2011
:floating: [link] :floating:
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~messyjessy20 May 22, 2011
aaah man!...awesome :)

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~envrmnt Apr 20, 2009
so meaningful,
well done
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~anarella Mar 26, 2009
Marine turtles also die because of that... they eat the plastic bags thinking is jellyfishs...
very nice drawing, by the way

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~edta Feb 21, 2009
somehow i missed this in my dev watch, good work dom
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~DominiqueFung Feb 25, 2009  Professional
:) thanks Reece!

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~dzanas Feb 20, 2009
It hurts me so much when I see animals suferring just because people are so irresponsible and rattle brained-
message is so true

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~SilverLupa Feb 13, 2009
Great way to convey the message.
That's heart breaking. I'm in a global ecology program, but I haven't heard of anything about the plastic taking over the ocean. Hope to spread the word!
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*jeffreylai Feb 13, 2009   Filmographer
yea is kinda sad how we treat the ocean
and dump all sorts of junk into it
nice message!

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~CiranWR Feb 11, 2009  Hobbyist Interface Designer
Very nice job, I like how the letters weave in

Didn't hear it in the videos but another problem associated with plastics and albatross specifically, is that albatross live to be quite old, sometimes 50 years, depending on the species. So that's 50 years of plastic being eaten. Also the plastic exfoliating "beads" which are becoming popular in soaps are the same size as sand so filter feeders on the beach end up ingesting these and not enough food.
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