视觉：佛罗里达海滩上，把烟蒂当食物的幼鸟

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

佛罗里达野生动物摄影师拍摄的两张照片，让你清醒的意识到世界海洋污染所造成的现实危害。

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

鸟类观察者凯伦·梅森，于6月20日在佛罗里达的圣彼特海滩，拍摄到了一只剪嘴鸥幼鸟。

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

其中一张照片上，幼鸟用它的喙叼着一个烟蒂;而另一张照片则捕捉到，一只成年剪嘴鸥将烟蒂当作食物喂给幼鸟。

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

“如果你抽烟，请不要随手扔烟蒂。”梅森在她的Facebook上分享了这张照片。

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

许多网民称这些照片令人痛心、心碎和沮丧。

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

女演员帕梅拉·安德森也在推特上分享了这张照片，并重申：吸烟者，不要随手扔烟蒂。

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

世界卫生组织报告称，烟蒂是全世界最常见的被丢弃垃圾。

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

烟蒂是由醋酸纤维素制成的，醋酸纤维素是一种塑料纤维，每个烟蒂可能需要数年时间才能分解。