The plastic gift

Photographer

Roberto Melotti

Category

Editorial Photography - Environmental

Company

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2025

Country / Region

Italy

During the courtship period, Great crested grebes usually exchange gifts, usually algae. In this photo, a grebe, after diving, resurfaces with a piece of plastic mistaken for a succulent algae.

Plastic is now everywhere: in the oceans, seas, lakes, rivers...

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