Dead humpback whale discovered in Brazil’s Amazon jungle puzzles researchers- Yesenia Ramirez Monroy
Biologists found the body of a humpback whale that was found 50 feet away from shore in Brazil's Amazon in between some trees in the month of February. The humpback whale was around 26 feet long, which meant it was still not an adult and the biologist say it was quite small. A team called SEMMA was alerted to investigate the case and marine experts from Bicho D'água said that a powerful tide might have launched the whale to inland. They also said that it might have also been swimming near shore and might have lost it's mother and Biologist say that it had consumed to much plastic. Over the past few years in 2014 a Public Library of Science journal researched that their was around 5 trillion pieces in our oceans and it is only known to grow.
This article was written by Jennifer Earl on the February the 25, 2019 with the purpose of informing citizens of the current issue that occurred in Brazil, but can also occur mostly anywhere near a large bod of water. By the tone of the author we can assume that she believes that we should take care of our environment. This article may not seem to be a big issue that can affect us in any sort of way in present day, but overtime the issue of pollution will layer on be a major issue. For example around the 18th century their was a large amount of coal production during the Industrial Revolution which led to a lot of smog. This led a lot of people having serious health issues especially in Donora, Pennsylvania. It was also due to the urbanization that was taking place and the rise of Factories and Transportation.
How odd!!
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