A 45-foot-long young female sei whale was spotted swimming up the - TopicsExpress



          

A 45-foot-long young female sei whale was spotted swimming up the Elizabeth River, a busy, industrial tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, far from the deep waters of the Atlantic where the endangered species is normally found. A necropsy revealed the animal had swallowed a shard of rigid, black plastic from a dvd case, that lacerated its stomach, preventing it from feeding. MBARI researchers have also found lots of trash in the deep sea. Read more: mbari.org/news/news_releases/2013/deep-debris/deep-debris-release.html
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 18:00:04 +0000

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