A short-fin male pilot whale died in Southern Thailand after a five-day effort to save the mammal failed. An autopsy found the whale had more than 80 pieces of plastic trash in its stomach, weighing some 17 pounds. The whale was first seen on May 28 as locals quickly saw it wasn’t acting quite right. A team of veterinarians tried to save it but on Friday the whale spit out five plastic bags and later died. “This plastic rubbish made the whale sick and unable to hunt for food,” Thailand’s Marine and Coastal Resources Department said on its website. Experts say the whale likely thought plastic bags were food.
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