Dead sperm whale had 220 pounds of garbage in its stomach, including rope, plastic and gloves.

Researchers on a Scottish island found disturbing items during a necropsy of a juvenile sperm whale: 220 pounds of land and sea debris.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/12/02/dead-sperm-whale-had-pounds-garbage-its-stomach-including-rope-plastic-gloves/?outputType=amp

Publicado por biohexx1 biohexx1, 02 de dezembro de 2019, 10:24 TARDE

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That's just horrific. Poor whale must've been in quite a distressed state for some time with all that in its system :-(

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They starve to death, despite a fully belly.

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