Homeless Diver » ecology http://www.homelessdiver.com A guy lost on Boracay Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:54:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Whale Shark Gets Polluted to Death in Manila Bay http://www.homelessdiver.com/2009/whale-shark-gets-polluted-to-death-in-manila-bay-2771 http://www.homelessdiver.com/2009/whale-shark-gets-polluted-to-death-in-manila-bay-2771#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:26:06 +0000 JD http://www.homelessdiver.com/?p=2771 In Manila Bay, a female 5.5 meter whale shark was found dead on Oct 28. They surmised it came in for the rise in plankton and krill, which somehow are now magically able to survive in pollution so bad that it kills the planets largest fish specie.

While feeding on plankton, the female whale shark was exposed to pollution, which could have caused its system to collapse. After a necropsy, plastic products and iron nails were found in the stomach.

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