A whale that washed up dead on the shores of the Philippines last week had a staggering 88 pounds of plastic inside its stomach before succumbing to starvation and dehydration. “Upon reaching the stomach I knew this whale had died due to plastic ingestion,” Blatchley said. 40 kilos roughly of rice sacks, grocery bags, banana plantation bags and general plastic bags. 16 rice sacks total.”Cetaceans, Blatchley explained, don’t drink water directly from the ocean but take it from the food they consume. Therefore, the cause of death was a lack of both food and water.

Source: Huffington Post March 18, 2019 15:22 UTC