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On a remote, crescent-shaped island surrounded by crystal-clear ocean live some of the most plastic-contaminated birds in the world. They have bellies so full of fragments, they crunch when touched.

Authorities have confirmed the deadly and highly contagious H5 bird flu has reached an extremely remote Australian territory ...