視覺：佛羅里達海灘上，把煙蒂當食物的幼鳥

視覺：佛羅里達海灘上，把煙蒂當食物的幼鳥

Two photos captured by a Floridian wildlife photographer depict the shocking reality of pollution in the world's oceans.

佛羅里達野生動物攝影師拍攝的兩張照片，讓你清醒的意識到世界海洋污染所造成的現(xiàn)實危害。

Birdwatcher Karen Mason took the photos of a skimmer chick on St Pete Beach in Florida on June 20.

鳥類觀察者凱倫·梅森，于6月20日在佛羅里達的圣彼特海灘，拍攝到了一只剪嘴鷗幼鳥。

One image shows the baby bird clutching a cigarette filter in its beak, while the other captures an adult bird offering the litter as food to the chick

其中一張照片上，幼鳥用它的喙叼著一個煙蒂;而另一張照片則捕捉到，一只成年剪嘴鷗將煙蒂當作食物喂給幼鳥。

"If you smoke, please don't leave your butts behind," Mason captioned the image on her Facebook page.

“如果你抽煙，請不要隨手扔煙蒂。”梅森在她的Facebook上分享了這張照片。

A number of social media users have called the photos distressing, heartbreaking and disheartening.

許多網(wǎng)民稱這些照片令人痛心、心碎和沮喪。

Actress Pamela Anderson shared the photo on her Twitter, reiterating Mason's urgent warning for smokers to stop leaving their butts behind.

女演員帕梅拉·安德森也在推特上分享了這張照片，并重申：吸煙者，不要隨手扔煙蒂。

Cigarette butts are the most commonly discarded piece of waste worldwide, reports the World Health Organisation.

世界衛(wèi)生組織報告稱，煙蒂是全世界最常見的被丟棄垃圾。

Butts are made from cellulose acetate, a type of plastic fibre. Each filter can take years to break down.

煙蒂是由醋酸纖維素制成的，醋酸纖維素是一種塑料纖維，每個煙蒂可能需要數(shù)年時間才能分解。