Toothbrush_regurgitated_by_albatross_on_Tern_Island,_Hawaii_-_20060614.jpg
Size of this preview:
800 × 546 pixels
.
Other resolutions:
320 × 218 pixels
|
640 × 436 pixels
|
1,024 × 698 pixels
|
1,280 × 873 pixels
|
1,981 × 1,351 pixels
.
Summary
| Description |
English:
An albatross bolus – undigested matter from the diet such as squid beaks and fish scales. This bolus from a Hawaiian albatross (either a
Black-footed Albatross
or a
Laysan Albatross
) found on Tern Island, in the
French Frigate Shoals
,
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
, has several ingested flotsam items, including
monofilament fishing line
from fishing nets and a discarded toothbrush. Ingestion of plastic flotsam is an increasing hazard for albatrosses.
|
| Date | |
| Source | United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Hawaiian Islands NWR. |
| Author | Sabine's Sunbird (Duncan Wright) . |
| Other versions | File:Undigested toothbrush.jpg (Colgate logo removed) |
Licensing
|
This image or recording is the work of a
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work of the U.S. federal government
, the image is in the
public domain
. For more information, see the
Fish and Wildlife Service copyright policy
.
|
|