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 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬'𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡? a) disposable lighters b) squid beaks c) bottle caps d) plastic toys e) all of the above Guess what? It´s sad but true. It´s all of the above. Although albatrosses prefer squid and fish eggs, they will eat any floating objects including plastic trash. 𝐸𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑, 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑒! All the displayed objects were found in an albatross stomach. This albatross is just one example. According to UNESCO,  one million seabirds and more than 100,000 marine mammals...