I wouldn't be surprised if the reason might not have something to do with the fact that the birds do not chew their food but rather swallow it whole. It may al

I wouldn't be surprised if the reason might not have something to do with the fact that the birds do not chew their food but rather swallow it whole. It may also have something to do with the bird's gizzard: some species of birds regularly consume rocks to grind food in their gizzards. It's possible that the plastic items are substitutes for the rocks. From the Wikipedia article, it sounds like the plastic is not the worst threat to the albatrosses, but it's certainly a graphic one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross#Threats_and_conservation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross#Threats_and_conservat...