Whales Are Eating Our Trash
A recent surge in whale beachings (over 30 cases in Europe so far in 2016) is causing major concern for researchers and marine biologists. Not long ago, a necropsy of a beached whale revealed huge amounts of car parts and plastic waste, including buckets and netting in its stomach. Though the ocean waste may not have been the primary cause for the whales’ deaths (researchers believe they accidentally ventured into shallow waters), it does shed light on the harmful repercussions of human negligence. Read more at National Geographic.
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