Questions: How does eating plastic affect bird life? Does it kill them? Is there a proactive group in our area to clean up the beaches?
Answers: To answer your questions, eating plastic can potentially kill the birds depending on how much they consume, if there is any type of dangerous chemical on the plastic or how the plastic affected them in general. Not only do birds consume plastic but also some kinds of plastics such as soda can wraps can get caught around a birds neck and choke them. There are many groups in our area that do beach clean ups, for instance my parents and I did a beach clean up with the Surfrider Foundation in New Smyrna Beach over a year ago and it was a great experience. Other groups such as Ocean Conservancy and 4Ocean host beach clean ups as well!
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| My parents during a beach cean up with the Surfrider foundation. |
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| A dead bird that ingested plastics. |
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