A sperm whale washed up dead in Indonesia was found to have more than a little bit of human rubbish inside it, mostly plastic.
Found, Inside Dead Sperm Whale: 100 Plastic Cups, 4 Plastic Bottles, 25 Plastic Bags, 2 Flip-Flops
That's pretty depressing.
Suffice it to say, eating that amount of plastic probably isn't very healthy for a whale. Apart from killing off marine life, this problem also affects humans because we tend to eat quite a lot of fish. If those fish are full of microplastic (tiny broken-down pieces of plastic), our bodies in turn can suffer from having absorbed a lot of plastic.
Found, Inside Dead Sperm Whale: 100 Plastic Cups, 4 Plastic Bottles, 25 Plastic Bags, 2 Flip-Flops
...officials have found nearly 13 pounds (6 kilograms) of plastic trash in the stomach of a dead sperm whale that washed ashore on a beach in southern Indonesia late Monday (Nov. 19).
The trash included more than 100 plastic cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags, two flip-flops and hundreds of other pieces of plastic
The trash included more than 100 plastic cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags, two flip-flops and hundreds of other pieces of plastic
That's pretty depressing.
Suffice it to say, eating that amount of plastic probably isn't very healthy for a whale. Apart from killing off marine life, this problem also affects humans because we tend to eat quite a lot of fish. If those fish are full of microplastic (tiny broken-down pieces of plastic), our bodies in turn can suffer from having absorbed a lot of plastic.
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