On a less happy note, this is the remains of most likely a young albatross that never made it to adulthood. You may be able to tell from the picture that the bird was full of trash, cigarette lighters, pieces of plastic, hose... all sorts of trash. This happens because albatross feed off the ocean surface and prior to man's introduction of plastics to the ocean surface the albatross could eat pretty much anything they found there. Unfortunantly today this means the albatross are eating a lot of plastic and feeding it to their chicks. I don't know about you but I have my doubts about the nutritional value of cigarette lighters.
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