Some plastic had been inside the emaciated whale long enough for it to begin to calcify, and the marine biologist who examined the carcass saying it is the most plastic he has seen ingested by an animal.
A starving juvenile whale has died after ingesting 40 kilograms of plastic bags, sparking calls from conservationists for action against those who continue to dump rubbish into rivers and the sea.A marine biologist said the plastic had been inside the starving whale for so long it had begun to calcifyHe said the whale had ingested the most plastic he had ever seen in an animal
The 4.7-metre-long male Cuvier's beaked whale was spotted when it became stuck in waters off the coast of the Philippines on Saturday morning.The whale died not long after and marine biologist Darrell Blatchley and his team rushed to recover the carcass to begin investigating the cause of death."I was not prepared for the amount of plastic."
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