Recently, the plastic pollution fouls oceans across the globe. There are more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic swirling in the sea and make the fish poisoned dead. The marine creatures sometimes mistake garbage for their natural food. Plastic resembles a drifting jellyfish to marine creatures. Some seabirds are attracted to a particular stinky sulphur compound since they seek out krill to eat. Savoca and his colleagues wondered if small plastic left in the ocean, it might become covered with sulphur that are produced by algae. He proved it when he put some plastic and left them until three weeks. The result is the plastics are covered with sulphur compound let them has the same scent as the krill. This lead seabirds which seek out the food using their smelling skill to eat trash instead of krill.
Source : newscientist.com/article/2112231-the-sweet-scent-of-plastic-lures-seabirds-to-a-dangerous-snack/
Source : newscientist.com/article/2112231-the-sweet-scent-of-plastic-lures-seabirds-to-a-dangerous-snack/