Dead Whale Swallowed Plastic Blown Into The Sea, Spain
2013-03-08
A sperm whale found dead on a Spanish beach is believed to have died after swallowing plastic used in agricultural polytunnels.
Researchers believe that the whales may mistake the plastic for squid. Plastic waste like this is often blows into the sea from land, and its effects on whales and dolphins is causing more and more concern.
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Spain: Whale death linked to Almeria greenhouse waste
A dead whale that washed up on Spain’s south coast had swallowed 17kg of plastic waste dumped into the sea by farmers tending greenhouses that produce tomatoes and other vegetables for British supermarkets.
Scientists were amazed to find the 4.5 tonne whale had swallowed 59 different bits of plastic – most of it thick transparent sheeting used to build greenhouses in southern Almeria and Granada.
The plastic had eventually blocked the animal’s stomach and killed it, according to …
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