06-21-2007, 09:59 AM
Makana Hawaiian for gift is a teaching albatross who was adopted from Hawaii bird reserve by the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Read this article this afternoon and it is powerful. I thought some of my Hawaiian friends might like to read it.
Some highlights
plastic debris each year kills 40% of newly hatched albatross, as their parents see shiny things on the surf, ingest them and feed them to the chicks.
Makana was not injured this way but is permanently grounded because of a dislocated carpus in her left wing.
The United Nations estimated that 46,000 pieces of plastic litter are floating on every square mile of ocean.
The Laysan albatross are know to live more than 50 years and have a 6 foot wing span at adult age.
Very interesting article, and informative. Cary I hope to one day help with the clean up of the sea in Hawaii. If recycling were taken more to heart the problem of this sea litter would be greatly diminished.
Just food for thought. SF Chron no subscription necessary.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/21/BAG5JQIMD584.DTL&hw=makana&sn=001&sc=1000
Or google sfgate.com do internal search for Makana and you will see the beautiful pictures.
mella l
Read this article this afternoon and it is powerful. I thought some of my Hawaiian friends might like to read it.
Some highlights
plastic debris each year kills 40% of newly hatched albatross, as their parents see shiny things on the surf, ingest them and feed them to the chicks.
Makana was not injured this way but is permanently grounded because of a dislocated carpus in her left wing.
The United Nations estimated that 46,000 pieces of plastic litter are floating on every square mile of ocean.
The Laysan albatross are know to live more than 50 years and have a 6 foot wing span at adult age.
Very interesting article, and informative. Cary I hope to one day help with the clean up of the sea in Hawaii. If recycling were taken more to heart the problem of this sea litter would be greatly diminished.
Just food for thought. SF Chron no subscription necessary.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/21/BAG5JQIMD584.DTL&hw=makana&sn=001&sc=1000
Or google sfgate.com do internal search for Makana and you will see the beautiful pictures.
mella l
mella l
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