Der Darm des Wals war von dem Abfall völlig verstopft und ist förmlich explodiert Foto: AFP/ EBD-CSIC

A handout picture taken on March 28, 2012 and released on March 7, 2013 by the Donana Biological Station which is run by the Spanish National Research Council (EBD-CSIC) shows a dead sperm whale that washed ashore on a beach south of Granada. A 4.5 tonne sperm whale that washed ashore in southern Spain died from ingesting large amounts of plastic sheets used in greenhouses on farms in the region, a scientist said on March 7, 2013. The whale had over 17 kilogrammes (37 pounds) of garbage blocking its stomach, including some 30 square metres (36 square yards) of plastic canvas, said Renaud de Stephanis, a marine biologist at the EBD-CSIC. AFP PHOTO / EBD-CSIC
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