Whale Found With 40 Kilograms Of Plastic In Its Stomach

Whale Found With 40 Kilograms Of Plastic In Its Stomach

This case happened in the Philippines and the managers discovered this when they performed an autopsy, 40 kilos of plastic in the stomach of a surprising whale

Pollution in the oceans is something that despite intense awareness campaigns is impossible to eradicate, the finding of a dead whale with 40 kilos of plastic in its stomach is surprising.

Tons of garbage is what is dumped into the oceans every day , 40 kilos of plastic and garbage inside a whale is news that shocked the world that occurred in the Philippines.

The whale was found on March 15, stranded on the seashore, it actually died the next day and when they did the autopsy, they were surprised by the 40 kilos of plastic.

Whale with 40 kilos of plastic in its stomach was found. Photo: Pixabay

Who made the case known were specialists from the D’Bone Collector Museum in the city of Davao, who shared shocking images through their official Facebook account .

‘Gastric shock’ was what the autopsy showed on the death of the whale, inside its stomach more than a dozen sacks of rice, plastic shopping bags, ropes, a bag of potatoes and more items were found

Whale found in the Philippines, 40 kilos of plastic in its stomach. Photo: D ‘Bone Collector Museum Inc.

It was a juvenile male of the cuvier whale species, the case managers stated that these 40 kilos was the largest amount of plastic they had seen inside a whale, "it sucks," they pointed out.

"Action must be taken by the government against those who continue to treat waterways and the ocean as garbage containers," they mentioned in the publication.

One of the people in charge of this research, the marine biologist Darrell Blatcheley stated that the animal could not eat more because its entire interior was full of garbage and it could not eat any more so it died of starvation.

There are endless organizations asking to raise awareness about this great problem that affects everyone, plastic is something that takes hundreds of years to degrade.

"It is only one of the hundreds who die every year around the world," said the activists.

But unfortunately one of the most affected are the animals in the oceans, who daily come across this garbage that has caused hundreds of deaths of various species.