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I agree Eric, my (limited) Darwinian knowledge suggest that the ones (species) who devour damaging non-food won't reproduce offspring with the same tendencies, if they do then they will suffer the same fate. Millions of species, large and small, have come and gone over countless millennia, which is a factor which will never end, least not while the earth spins. our tenure will be brief by comparison.
Well I stand corrected...to some extent.
Just read this explanation:
“They are attracted by sense of smell, the plastic gets covered in algae which emits a chemical called dimethyl sulphite. This acts as an olfactory signal that ordinarily alerts the bird to the presence of krillâ€
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Eric