Dead Whale Found With 85 Pounds of Plastic Bags in Its Stomach: Reports

Dead Whale Found With 85 Pounds of Plastic Bags in Its Stomach: Reports
A Southern Right Whale breaches on Sept. 5, 2013. Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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A dead whale was discovered with more than 85 pounds of plastic bags in its stomach, according to officials.

“I was not prepared for the amount of plastic. 40 kilos roughly of rice sacks, grocery bags, banana plantation bags, and general plastic bags. Sixteen rice sacks total. It was so big, the plastic was beginning calcification,” Marine biologist Darrell Blatchley told CNN over the weekend.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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