Albatrosses belong to the order  Procellariiformes, with a tubular nose and a keen sense of smell, and often fly long distances at sea in order to find food  The plastic trash floating on the sea doesn't look delicious, but why did the albatross eat it and pay a heavy price for it? The researchers believe the reason: for albatrosses, the plastic garbage smells delicious  Food signal is a chemical called dimethyl sulfide (D
Experiments proved that D.MS components were detected on the plastic samples after three weeks of immersion in the sea
MS), which is produced by marine phytoplankton