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07-Apr-2016 11:19:19
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Sperm whales beached on Germany's North Sea were found with fishing gear and an engine cover inside their stomachs. The 13 sperm whales washed up near Schleswig-Holstein in Germany in February, yet another incident of sperm whales becoming stranded in the North Sea.
Necropsy of the whales found that 4 of them had large amounts of plastic in their gut, including "a nearly 43-foot-long (13-meter-long) shrimp fishing net, a plastic car engine cover, and the remains of a plastic bucket", National Geographic reported.
“It is thought that the sperm whales may have got lost and entered the North Sea (possibly chasing squid), where the sea floor is not deep enough, causing the whales to become disorientated and die,†Danny Groves, a spokesperson for the nonprofit Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC), wrote in an email.
