Dead Whale Washes Ashore with Shocking 88 lbs. of Plastic in Its Stomach by Anushka Raole

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Dead Whale Washes Ashore with Shocking 88 lbs. of Plastic in Its Stomach by Anushka Raole

A young Cuvier's beaked whale washed up dead on a beach in Compostela Valley in the Philippines, its stomach filled with 88 pounds (40 kilograms) of plastic bags. According to the Museum’s Facebook post they found 16 rice sacks, four banana- plantation-style bags and some shopping bags. This isn’t the first time this has had happened in indonaisa last november at that time they found 100 plastic ups, four plastic botteles, 25 plastic bags, and even couple of flip flops. But the Cuvier’s whale has 7 times more waste ( plastic in it’s stomach). Around 8.8 million tons (8 million metric tons) of plastic get dumped into the ocean every year, according to a 2015 report by the nonprofit Ocean Conservancy. In particular, about 60 percent of it comes from China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Because their countrys produce most of the plactic and daily needed materials.  Over the past 10 years, his group has recovered 57 dead whales and dolphins, many of which died from plastic ingestion.( Baltchy )


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Comments

  1. AnonymousApril 5, 2019 at 11:31 AM

    It is awful that plastic waste in the ocean is killing innocent animals. Clearly it is an issue that needs to worked on. -Avery

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  2. UnknownApril 10, 2019 at 11:59 AM

    I think it should be like a rule we cant bring plastic or anything containing plastic to the beach.

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    1. UnknownApril 10, 2019 at 12:01 PM

      I think it should be like a rule we cant bring plastic items to the beach for safety.

      -Tammia D.

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  3. AnonymousApril 10, 2019 at 12:08 PM

    I think making machines that clean the ocean would help solve the problem alot-Cali

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  4. UnknownApril 10, 2019 at 12:08 PM

    Hopefully a more environmentally friendly product will be invented soon so we can help it while we still can. -Myori

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  5. AnonymousApril 23, 2019 at 6:29 AM

    Humans are impacted by plastic because it is ruining the world, especially the ocean, and we need to take steps to protect it. -Klarissa

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  6. UnknownMay 10, 2019 at 9:38 AM

    I think we need more single use plastic that would dissolve before something like this happens -Patrick

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  7. UnknownAugust 29, 2019 at 12:14 PM

    I think we all need to throw out trash away always and especially when we r in/near a pond or the lake or an ocean

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  8. UnknownAugust 29, 2019 at 12:15 PM

    I think we shoudl all throw our trash away everywhere we go becasue we are messing up ecosystems and killing animals. Jack O'Leary

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