21. Apr 2013

April 2013

Scotland, UK --- People looking at a dead Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) washed up on Balmedie Beach near Aberdeen. The animal is lying on its left side. It is approximately 30 feet (10 metres) long, and weighs approximately 25 tons. The carcase has started to rupture due to decomposition; it has been ashore approx 48 hours --- Image by © Duncan Shaw/Ocean/Corbis

Welt 21. April 2013

Todesursache: Plastikmüll

Ein Pottwal vor der spanischen Südküste stirbt einen qualvollen Tod. Sein Darm war völlig verstopft. Eine Million Seevögel und rund 100.000 Meeressäuger sterben jährlich den Plastiktod.