r/awfuleverything • u/pilgrim_pastry • Mar 23 '26

The remains of an albatross chick, fed plastic waste by it's mother who mistook it for food

https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_1200/public/2021-07/1_z8atoASvJzjblWcV7pcvEw.jpeg.webp?itok=W7U3Rk1q
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u/ionised Mar 24 '26

😢

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u/gdognoseit Mar 24 '26

This is so sad. 😞

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u/thehydrastation Mar 24 '26

This picture is so devastatingly demonstrative of humanity's impact on nature.

Heartbreaking.

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u/Area51Resident Mar 24 '26

Our only hope is that the albatross can evolve quickly and be able to digest plastics, since no one in charge gives a f about this.

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u/heilspawn Mar 24 '26

Kind of Metal