Seagulls as garbage detectives
By DW
13 February 2022 |
8:24 am
Seagulls like to rummage through garbage, and have led investigators on the trail to illegal dumps. But feeding at landfill sites is dangerous for the birds: Plastic particles end up in their stomachs — and in the environment.
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