Jocotopec, Jalisco, Mexico, 24 April 2018. In the same week that the largest ever concentration of microplastics is found in the Atlantic Ocean other plastic waste continues to be a life threatening hazard for wildlife everywhere. Here an immature Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) attempts to swallow a plastic bag carelessly discarded with fish inside, Lake Chapala. Consuming the bag is certain death. Most retailer stores and supermarkets in Mexico continue to use plastic bags at checkouts. Peter Llewellyn/Alamy News

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