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Offline Dave Houston

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Albatross chick with 272 pieces of plastic in gut
« on: December 30, 2008, 08:51:08 AM »
There's an article in the Herald Sun about an albatross chick reportedly found near Dunedin with 272 pieces of plastic in its gut.  Anyone have any details on this?

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24853485-663,00.html
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Re: Albatross chick with 272 pieces of plastic in gut
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2009, 06:41:11 AM »
Seems that the Australian reporter got confused.  He visited the Royal albatross colony at Taiaroa head and got told the story about the Laysan albatross chicks on Midway ingesting large amounts of plastic (see this post for video of chick autopsy).  1 + 1 = 11
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