plastic has various effects on shorebirds with the predominant impacts being degradation of health due to ingestion and entanglement. this is a global issue that is increasing in severity as single use plastic consumption rises. through the anthropomorphism of these bird species, i aim to show how man-made products can have impacts on shorebirds that are disastrous. all of the photos used in this story, including the arms, were taken by myself. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
this story uses humor and shocking images to convey the dangers plastic pollution imposes on shorebird species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9759,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4929,5196],"tags":[732,4151,3568,4152,590,4154,591],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biodiversity","category-past-storyfest","tag-birds","tag-ornithology","tag-photography","tag-photoshop","tag-plastic","tag-shorebirds","tag-storyfest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n