Albatrosses belong to procellariiformes  With a tubular nose and a sensitive sense of smell, they often fly long distances in the outer sea for food  The plastic garbage floating on the sea doesn't look delicious  But why albatrosses ate them and paid a heavy price for it? The researchers believe that the reason is that, the plastic waste smells delicious for albatrosses  The food signal is a chemical called dimethyl sulfide (D
Eating plastic waste by mistake will lead to inconvenient movement, digestive tract obstruction and chronic damage to health of seabirds.
MS), which is produced by marine phytoplankton