Thailand's lost baby dugong dies from shock, eating plastic

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PITCHA DANGPRASITH
,Associated Press•August 17, 2019

An 8-month-old dugong nurtured by marine experts after it was found lost near a beach in southern Thailand has died of what biologists believe was a combination of shock and ingesting plastic waste, officials said Saturday.

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An autopsy showed a big amount of plastic waste in her intestine, which could also have played a part in her death as it led to gastritis and blood infection, he said.

"She must have thought these plastics were edible," Jatuporn said.

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