People in the south coast of Spain woke up to a huge dead sperm whale on a March morning in 2013. After careful examination, it was found out that the whale had died of severe indigestion. About 17 kilograms of plastic was found inside its body which had led to its death.
This sperm whale is not the first animal to die because of our waste and it is not the last. Plastic poses a threat to the animals around us. Have you observed cows and buffaloes eating plastic from the garbage? These poor animals mistake plastic for food and end up eating it. This is known as food imitation; it leads to severe indigestion and they eventually die.
Plastic has been found in the bellies of many types of fish and stray animals.
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