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    Stomach Of Dead Whale Contained 'Nothing But Nonstop Plastic'

    In the Philippines, marine biologist Darrell Blatchley recovered the body of a young whale that showed signs of emaciation and dehydration due to the 88 pounds of plastic it had ingested.
    by Dalia Mortada Mar 18, 2019 2 minutes
    Darrell Blatchley, environmentalist and director of D' Bone Collector Museum, shows plastic waste found in the stomach of a Cuvier's beaked whale near the Philippine city of Davao.

    Updated at 5:44 p.m. ET

    Darrell Blatchley received a call from the Philippines' Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources early Friday morning reporting that it had a young Cuvier's beaked whale that was weak and vomiting blood.

    Within a few hours it was dead.

    Blatchley, a marine biologist

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