Researchers create bizarre floating gadget that could save millions of seabirds
It's a floating buoy that has big looming eyes
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Imagine you’re a long-tailed Duck (
Clangula hyemalis). You see a small, delicious fish in the water and you dive towards it, looking for a tasty meal. But just as you catch it in your beak, you hit a wall of near-invisible netting, meeting the same fate as the fish you’re trying to eat.
Far from being a hypothetical scenario, this is a danger that many seabirds face every day — because of something gillnets.
Image credit: BirdLife International