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Thai turtle's plastic-filled stomach highlights ocean crisis

Thai turtle's plastic-filled stomach highlights ocean crisis

6 years ago
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https://phys.org/news/2018-06-thai-turtle-plastic-filled-stomach-highlights.html

The problem grabbed public attention in the first week of June when an autopsy of a dead pilot whale found near the border with Malaysia revealed 80 plastic bags inside its stomach.

The green turtle, a protected species, suffered a similar fate after washing up on a beach in the eastern province of Chanthaburi on June 4, Weerapong Laovechprasit, a veterinarian at the Eastern Marine and Coastal Resource Research and Development Centre, told AFP.