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A documentary described a sequence in which an albatross arrived at its nest to feed its young. What came out of its mouth? Not fish, not squid, but plastic. Albatrosses are accomplished hunters and they may forage thousands of meters to search their preferred prey, how could they be fooled so easily and come back with nothing but a mouthful of plastic?

According to one study, at least 180 species of marine animals haven been documented consuming plastics. The reason behind is not as easy as we may think that these animals are dumb and just eat plastic because it is around them.

One explanation is that animals simply mistake plastic for familiar food items. It may because they have similar taste. For example, the plastic pellets are thought to tasty fish eggs. Or it may because they have resembled odour. Humans are visual creatures, while many marine animals, including albatrosses, rely primarily on their sense of smell. Some plastic can produce special odour, which may mislead the marine animals. Colour is also thought to factor into plastic consumption, although preference varies between species. Young turtles prefer white plastic, while certain fish prefer to choose red plastic.

No matter what the reasons are, what we should think is, what we could do to prevent the creatures in the ocean from eating harmful disposable plastics, which are used then abandoned by humans.

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A documentary described a sequence in which an albatross arrived at its nest to feed its young. What came out of its mouth? Not fish, not squid, but plastic. Albatrosses are accomplished hunters and they may forage thousands of meters to search for their preferred prey. How could they be fooled so easily and come back with nothing but a mouthful of plastic?

According to one study, at least 180 species of marine animals haven been documented consuming plastics. The reason behind this is not as easy as we may think. Some think that these animals are dumb and just eat plastic because it is around them.

One explanation is that animals simply mistake plastic for familiar food items. Its may be because they have similar taste. For example, the plastic pellets are thought to taste similar to fish eggs or it may be because they have a resembled odor. Humans are visual creatures, while many marine animals, including albatrosses, rely primarily on their sense of smell. Some plastic can produce special odor, which may mislead the marine animals. Color is also thought to factor into plastic consumption, although preference varies between species. Young turtles prefer white plastic, while certain fish prefer to choose red plastic.

No matter what the reasons are, what we should think is, what we could do to prevent the creatures in the ocean from eating harmful disposable plastics which are used and then abandoned disposed of by humans.

Notes

Excellent writing! In terms of the spelling of Odor/color, British influenced countries including Canada often add a ‘u’ but its not used in the USA. So although partially correct, some might think its wrong. Just wanted to make this note for you. But otherwise very good grammar and vocab use.

Its a very sad side effect from human’s rapid development