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Hawaii Researchers Found Fishing Nets, Plastic Bags And Traps In Stomach Of Dead Sperm Whale
A "major finding," according to Dr. Kristi West, was "the number of manufactured items in the whale's stomach."
February 2, 2023
Researchers in Hawaii say they are "surprised and sad" to find plastic items and other marine debris in the stomach of a 60-ton sperm whale that washed up on a reef in a park in Kauai.
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The whale carcass was discovered on Jan. 27 in Lydgate Park. Heavy equipment was used to transport it to the beach, where researchers from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Health and Stranding Lab spent 15 hours examining it and searching for clues about what led to its death, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources said on Facebook.
A "major finding," according to Dr. Kristi West, the director of the health and stranding lab, was "the number of manufactured items in the whale's stomach."
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