Whale found Dead with 6 Kilos of Plastics in her stomach
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AS IF WE NEEDED more evidence for polluting our oceans, a whale was just found dead with 13 pounds of plastic in its stomach.
Discovered on Monday in the waters of Kapota Island in Indonesia, the 31-foot long carcass was in an advanced state of decay, making it impossible to know the degree to which plastic caused the death. Itβs safe to say, however, that it didnβt do the whale any favors.
According to aΒ tweetΒ from WWF Indonesia, the whaleβs carcass contained 19 pieces of hard plastic, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags, two flip-flops, 115 plastic cups, and seven pounds of string.
Dwi Suprapti, the marine species conservation coordinator at WWF, told theΒ Associated Press, βAlthough we have not been able to deduce the cause of death, the facts that we see are truly awful.β
In a similarly tragic situation, a pilot whale off the coast ofΒ ThailandΒ died this past June after swallowing over 17 pounds of plastic.
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AS IF WE NEEDED more evidence for polluting our oceans, a whale was just found dead with 13 pounds of plastic in its stomach. 
Itβs safe to say, however, that it didnβt do the whale any favors. 
