20 Mar LOOK: 40 Kilos Of Plastic Waste Found Inside Dead Whale In Mindanao
Mga higala! Around 40 KILOS OF PLASTIC was found inside the stomach of a dead Cuvier’s Beaked Whale, in the shores of Compostela Valley of Davao Region.
The whale was still alive when it was found by BFAR-XI last March 16, but died after a few hours before help could arrive.
A necropsy was then conducted by an American marine biologist and environmentalist named Darrel Blatchley, where he found various types of ocean plastic wastes in the dead whale’s stomach and other internal organs.
See photos below:
In his Facebook page, Blatchley said that they found “16 rice sacks, 4 banana plantation style bags, and multiple shopping bags.”
“This whale had the most plastic we have ever seen in a whale. It’s disgusting,” he added.
For more photos and details, visit the page- D’ Bone Collector Museum Inc.
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