The website, which has been launched by researchers from the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), asks members of the public to upload details and photos of birds which have become entangled in debris such as plastics, or which have incorporated it into their nests to www.birdsanddebris.com.
The three-metre-wide sea creature is shown swimming up to snorkelling guide Jake Wilton and flipping over in the water – apparently to show him fish hooks embedded in her right eye.
Karen Mason, a volunteer for the National Audubon Society, was livid after she captured the images on a Florida beach.
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The American alligator populates nearly every swamp, lake and river (and occasional kitchen) in the southeastern US. But when Erin Weaver spotted one swimming near her Houston home, she suspected it was the one in danger.
"It looked like a steak knife that was sticking out of his head," she told CNN affiliate KTRK.
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What normally would have been an endearing sight at the beach turned out to be a sad discovery for animal rescuers Tuesday.
A sea lion pup was jumping in and out of the waves along the San Diego County shoreline, but something was wrapped around its neck.
