Tag: sperm whale

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Eight-meter sperm whale found dead in Sardinia with 22kgs of plastic in its belly

  

  An eight-meter sperm whale was found dead off the Italian island of Sardinia with 22kg of plastic in its belly, AP reported on Tuesday. The World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) sounded the alarm over plastics in the Mediterranean Sea following the finding.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 08:38 UTC

  Dead sperm whale in Indonesia had kilos of plastic waste in its stomach

  

  A sperm whale found dead in a national park in Indonesia had nearly 6kg of plastic waste, including 115 cups, in its stomach, park officials said on Tuesday. The 9.5m whale was found in waters near Kapota Island, part of the Wakatobi National Park, southeast of Sulawesi, the park said in a statement.

• Tuesday, January 14th 2014 - 07:46 UTC

  A 25-ton dead sperm whale finally removed from a Montevideo beach

  

  The remains of a sperm whale that washed ashore in one of Montevideo's beaches were finally hauled in a truck for burial in a municipal dump where a huge hole was drilled for the 16 meters long cetacean.