Cause of death: Swallowed Greenhouse

A beached four and a half ton sperm whale in southern Spain has been found to have died from ingesting a greenhouse. 36 square yards of plastic sheeting, several feet of plastic rope and a couple of flower pots were discovered in the whale's ruptured stomach. When any animal has fatal interaction with garbage, it's a sad end; but when such a large, majestic creature meets this kind of end, it's seems especially tragic. Source article.