A dead whale with 40 kilograms of plastic in its stomach has been discovered off the coast of the Philippines. Marine biologist Darrell Blatchley was called to recover the 4.7m (15.4ft) Cuvier’s beaked whale, which was trapped in the shores of the Mabini Compostela Valley. By the time Mr Blatchley arrived, the whale had died, showing signs of starvation and dehydration, and had been vomiting blood. A necropsy revealed 40 kilograms of plastic waste in the whale’s stomach, made up of shopping bags, banana plantation bags and 16 rice sacks. It had died of starvation and dehydration, tests confirmed.