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Plastic found inside one dead bird

Plastic pieces found in the stomach of a northern fulmar bird.

Plastic pieces found in the stomach of a single northern fulmar. Northern fulmars feed on crustaceans, fish and squid. They surface feed and shallow dive for food.

Photo by Carol Meteyer, USGS.

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Rights: US Fish and Wildlife Service, CC BY 2.0
Published: 12 September 2019Size: 746.73 KB
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