Can Art Clean Our Beaches and Inspire Change?

In addition to being fascinating kinetic works of art, Theo Jansen's Strandbeests now raise an intriguing debate: can we train nature to fix our own mistakes? 🤯

The concept of teaching animals to remove plastic from the environment isn't new — crows have already been trained to do this in Sweden!

But could encouraging seagulls to collect trash in exchange for food affect their natural behavior?

Some experts warn that they might become dependent on this system, while others see it as an innovative solution to reduce ocean waste.

What do you think: innovation or excessive interference? 🌍

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[seabreeze_spires]

personally, I don't think it's animal exploitation so much as further domestication... but to good ends. Specifically because there's no forcing them to do it, they just kind of do it on their own for the rewards

[sanguine]

These are the first “strand-type” beasts

[ianweniger]

Clickbait erodeS trust, UGREEN. I love strandbeests but nothing here shows the gulls collecting anything.