The beaked whale found stranded on the beach at Messanges in the Landes on Saturday died after swallowing a whole bunch of plastic packaging: shopping bags, crisps wrappers, packets of pasta etc.
reports France Bleu Gascogne.
A real heartbreak for the Pelagis observatory and the Itsas Arima association responsible for dissecting the mammal this Sunday.
They found a total of 60 kg of plastic in the belly of the animal suffering from kidney disease, which pushed it to eat whatever happened, explains the association Itsas Arima.
The structures said they were surprised and angry to discover so much plastic in the bowels of an animal that lives on the seabed.
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