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March 20, 2010 11:02 AM Subscribe
We've talked about the North Pacific Trash Vortex before (here, here & here). Now bear sad witness to the end product. Warning: not for those with a weak constitution.
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Fuck. Of all the things I really didn't need to see twice. So sad.
posted by Lutoslawski at 11:13 AM on March 20, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by Lutoslawski at 11:13 AM on March 20, 2010 [2 favorites]
I call shenanigans.
It doesn't look right. It doesn't feel right.
I wonder if birds, small birds can eat half that much stuff without dying first.
How do those large plastic rings get down their throats?
Something feels wrong about the way the pictures are composed.
posted by Poet_Lariat at 11:14 AM on March 20, 2010
It doesn't look right. It doesn't feel right.
I wonder if birds, small birds can eat half that much stuff without dying first.
How do those large plastic rings get down their throats?
Something feels wrong about the way the pictures are composed.
posted by Poet_Lariat at 11:14 AM on March 20, 2010
Oh and what are the bits of plastic so bright and clear?
Wouldn't stomach acid and the decomposition of the process have mucked them up a bit?
And why are theu laying so neatly ON TOP OF the carcass? Shouldn't they be more intertwined with the decomposing body?
It just doesn't feel right.
posted by Poet_Lariat at 11:17 AM on March 20, 2010
Wouldn't stomach acid and the decomposition of the process have mucked them up a bit?
And why are theu laying so neatly ON TOP OF the carcass? Shouldn't they be more intertwined with the decomposing body?
It just doesn't feel right.
posted by Poet_Lariat at 11:17 AM on March 20, 2010
Gah, it is a double. Didn't look at the previouslies close enough. My bad.
posted by scalefree at 11:17 AM on March 20, 2010
posted by scalefree at 11:17 AM on March 20, 2010
From the link: To document this phenomenon as faithfully as possible, not a single piece of plastic in any of these photographs was moved, placed, manipulated, arranged, or altered in any way.
If it is a lie, it's a bold one.
posted by scalefree at 11:19 AM on March 20, 2010
If it is a lie, it's a bold one.
posted by scalefree at 11:19 AM on March 20, 2010
It doesn't look/feel right because it's a sad juxtaposition of colored plastic and a dead albatross. Although there's no way of proving the authenticity of the pics, the author does state:
To document this phenomenon as faithfully as possible, not a single piece of plastic in any of these photographs was moved, placed, manipulated, arranged, or altered in any way. These images depict the actual stomach contents of baby birds in one of the world's most remote marine sanctuaries, more than 2000 miles from the nearest continent.
I highly doubt they would stage such a thing. We all know the plastic 'entity' is out there, makes sense to me at least that the birds are being victimized.
posted by weezy at 11:22 AM on March 20, 2010
To document this phenomenon as faithfully as possible, not a single piece of plastic in any of these photographs was moved, placed, manipulated, arranged, or altered in any way. These images depict the actual stomach contents of baby birds in one of the world's most remote marine sanctuaries, more than 2000 miles from the nearest continent.
I highly doubt they would stage such a thing. We all know the plastic 'entity' is out there, makes sense to me at least that the birds are being victimized.
posted by weezy at 11:22 AM on March 20, 2010
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