Another day, another dead sea animal with a stomach full of human trash.
A seven-foot male dolphin washed ashore at Fort Meyers beach in Florida a week ago, and during the necropsy a two-foot plastic shower hose was discovered inside the animal.
"Your actions can make a difference - secure and properly dispose of trash, take part in coastal cleanups and share information on how to reduce marine debris with others," the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission posted on Facebook.
This is the second stranded dolphin dolphin to be found in the area with a belly full of garbage in a month.?
On April 23, a baby rough-toothed dolphin had two plastic bags and a piece of balloon in its stomach. The dolphin was found emaciated and in poor health, and biologists decided to "humanely euthanise" it.
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In Italy, a young sperm whale, who did not even have teeth, was found dead with several kilograms of plastic in its stomach.
Fatal amounts of garbage have been found in dead sea animals around the world in recent years. In March, the world was shocked when a dead whale washed ashore in Philippines with close to 45.35 kilograms of plastic in its stomach.