Dead whale found with 40 kilos of plastic in the stomach

The close to five hundred kilograms of heavy whale found on a beach in the philippines town of Mabini on Saturday. Inside the whale was found forty pounds of plastic bags and other disposable products.

Darrell Blatchley, owner of D'Bone Collector Museum in Davao City, participated in the autopsy of the elections and called it the worst collection of plastic in an animal that he has ever seen.

– the Plastic was so compact that it almost became calcified, almost like a solid brick. It had been there so long that it had begun to collapse, " he says to the New York Times.

the feeling of satiety, without providing any of the nutrients the whales need. It leads to loss of weight, longer energy well simhastighet, which makes them more vulnerable to other predators. The whales can not melt or do away with the plastic.

– It is horrible and heartbreaking. We have obducerat 61 dolphins and whales in the last ten years, and this is the largest amount of plastic we've seen, " says Darrell Blatchley.

estimates that between five and thirteen million tons of plastic waste ends up in the oceans each year. The problem is particularly serious in the Philippines, the world's third-largest contributor of plastics to the sea, after China and Indonesia.

the Event in the Philippines is not unique. In september found a whale in Spain had 29 kilos of garbage in the intestines and stomach. In June last year found a choice in Thailand, with 8 kilos of garbage, and, most recently, in november, was a choice in Indonesia with 6 kilos of plastic in the stomach.