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Stranded humpback whale 'Johanna' had microplastics in her stomach Beached Whale, British Beaches, Sea Whale, Marine Pollution, Save The Ocean, Gray Whale, Sperm Whale, Daily Water, Marine Mammals

In the humpback whale that stranded end of 2012 and was publically called Johanna, microplastics were found. It is the first time that microplastics were encountered in the intestinal tract of a baleen whale. Sixteen pieces of plastic were found by Ellen Besseling and colleagues from the department of Aquatic ecology and water quality management and research institute IMARES. De researchers cannot exclude that the whale had ingested more plastic, as part could be excreted during the days…

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