Baby Bird's Record Plastic ingestion
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Adrift Lab researchers found a dead baby bird with 778 pieces of plastic in its stomach on Australia’s Lord Howe Island

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A dead baby bird had ingested 778 pieces of plastic on its first day of fieldwork on Australia 's Lord Howe Island .
Scientists from the Adrift Lab ocean research group were horrified to discover “crunchy birds” on the island.
A total of 778 plastic pieces in the bird, which died when it was between 80 and 90 days old , suggests its parents fed it about 10 pieces per day.
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