Whale Found In Thailand Dies From Eating Over 80 Plastic Bags
06/03/2018 12:00 pm ET Updated 11 minutes ago
Rescuers unsuccessfully tried to nurse the male pilot whale back to health.
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By Hayley Miller
A whale found in a canal in southern Thailand has died after eating more than 80 plastic bags, according to officials.
The small male pilot whale was barely alive when he was discovered on Monday in the southern province of Songkhla, Thailand’s Department of Marine and Coastal Resources said. Rescuers attempted to nurse the whale back to health, but he died on Friday after spitting up five plastic bags.
An autopsy revealed over 17 pounds of plastic, including more than 80 plastic bags, in the whale’s stomach.
Jatuporn Buruspat, director-general of the marine and coastal resources department, told Reuters that the whale likely thought the floating plastic bags were food.
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