Wang Jianping, director of the Center for Marine Biology and Whale and Dolphin Studies at Chenggong University, led a research team and volunteers to dissect sperm whale carcasses for two consecutive days. "China Times"

China news network October 25, according to Taiwan's "China Times" reported, a giant sperm whale recently stranded in Taiwan Chiayi County offshore, Taiwan's success University researchers autopsy found that the sperm whale stomach has a large number of fishing nets, plastic bags, waist by tail blood caused it has been unable to swim.

According to reports, the sperm whale is about 15 meters long, weighs 23 tons, Success University Marine biology and whale and dolphin research center director Wang Jianping rate of 2 consecutive days of research team and volunteers, autopsy its body, with a fish knife to open its abdominal cavity to check the stomach content, the results are no surprise, "as I guess, the stomach large and small fishing nets with plastic bags, It was as big as a strange hand (excavator) bucket." "Humans pollute the Marine environment and indirectly kill sperm whales," Wang said. Wang Jianping said that the male whale had an unfortunate fate. When it was found on the first day, its tail had been injured and it could not swim. As for the large amount of garbage in its stomach, even if it was not the direct cause of death, it could not eat normally for a long time and its physical strength was severely depleted, resulting in its thin body and thin skin.

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