Sperm whales typically consume huge squid, octopus, tiny sharks, and other seafood, but this particular whale also consumed sacks of straw, plastic bags, ropes, nets, a drum line and a plastic water container.
Experts speculated that because the whale was unable to process or eliminate the trash from its body, it most likely died of a stomach illness.
The fact that sperm whales are regarded as an endangered* species adds to the heartbreak* of the killing. The World Wildlife Fund lists six of the thirteen great whale species as endangered or vulnerable*.
Now, a push to clean up Spain’s beaches and waters has been launched by local authorities.
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