The sperm whale was found dead on Stock Island, a beach in the Florida Keys. In her womb they found an ecological catastrophe.
The lifeless body of a sperm whale nearly 15 meters, the second found dead within a week in Florida Keysoutside Miami, was pulled from the water yesterday, authorities said.
At first authorities could not determine the cause of his death, but “I can confirm that it was a skinny male sperm whale that ran aground and died in Mud Key,” he said. Kelly Richmondspokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
According to Local 10 television, the sperm whale, an endangered species, was pulled from the water early Wednesday morning in Stock Islandin the South Florida Keys.
The sperm whale was found dead on Stock Island and in its stomach were nets, plastic bags and other plastic debris preventing it from eating.
After the incident, authorities notified a voluntary organization that specializes in responding to marine mammals in distress, Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal responded (DPMMR). A team of biologists from the FWC, another from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOOA) and a third from the DPMMR showed up at the area.
And the first report from the biologists was frightening: the autopsy revealed that in his abdomen there was “a mass of interconnected fishing lines, pieces of nets and plastic bags.”
Biologists in Florida will continue to investigate the cause of sperm whale death.
Experts said that “probably the whale was not allowed to eat properly”, leading to his“ skinny and stranded condition. ”The FWC, located in St. Petersburg, Florida, said:“ Additional diagnostic tests will be used on tissues collected during necropsy to rule out all other health-related issues and confirm the cause of stranding and death.
Sperm whale, an endangered species
the sperm whale currently listed as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act and exhausted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
The type is a main purpose of the commercial whaling industry from 1800 to 1987, which nearly paralyzed the number of their population. But the species has been slowly returning since the International Whaling Commission banned commercial hunting in 1986.
Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) are found in all the major oceans on Earth in water 180 meters above the continental shelf, NOOA is detailed.
Sperm whales live in tropical and temperate waters. Its population is in danger of extinction.
Women and “subadults” living in tropical and temperate waters, while adult males live in high latitude regions and travel to lower latitudes to seek female mates.
The diet of the sperm whale It is mainly composed of squid and large fish, including sharks, and can be distinguished from other whale species by its massive head, which can take up 35% of its body.
Source: Clarin
