NOBODY Likes Seeing a Dirty Beach.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        What if you went to stick your toes in the sand and a piece of plastic got stick between your toes, or stabbed you in the foot? i wouldnt like it either! Not only do us humans not like seeing plastic in the sand at the beach but neither does our marine wildlife like seeing plastic floating in the ocean or lying in the sand. In the heart of the North Pacific Ocean an island called "Midway Island", Which is MORE THAN 2000  MILES from the nearest continent, a species of various birds; the Red-tailed Tropicbird, the Laysan Albatross, and the White tern birds-- are all species nesting on this island. Winter visitors and rare birds seek refuge on this island during their ocean travels.

           There are 20 bird species,two mammals; the rare monk seals and spinner dolphins, 1 reptile species; the threatened green sea turtles, over 250 species of rare reef fish and invertebrates, and about 294 plant taxa that are native to the island. The island is home to countless of albatross birds and is now turning into their very own graveyard. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         Plastics are the cause. Any plastic that gets to the ocean gets carried by the currents outwards toward sea and drifts onto this island, it gets carried by animals and the birds looking for anything, decide to eat it not knowing it will kill them. The Pacific Garbage Patch, one of the many tons of garbage collections throughout all 7 seas of the world is affecting us big time. You can't see most of the garbage. Reason being that most of the garbage is inside the stomachs of dead baby albatrosses on this remote island. The documentary in the link below is created by Stephanie Levy(producer) and  Chris Jordan(codirector),  who  is "trying to change people's behavior and approach" said Jordan with an interview with takepart.com.