Paus dari Thailand Ini Sekarat lalu Mati dan Tebak Apa yang Ditemukan di Perutnya

Bookmark Pedia – Hewan juga termasuk Makhluk Hidup yang memiliki usia hidup juga, sehingga umurnya juga bisa berakhir sewaktu-waktu. Akan tetapi kalau hewan mati khususnya jenis yang cukup langka, akan menjadi pusat perhatian dan diselidiki penyebab kematiannya.

Seekor paus pilot kecil ditemukan terdampar di sebuah kanal di perairan perbatasan Thailand dan Malaysia beberapa hari lalu. Para dokter hewan mencoba menyelamatkan paus jantan itu dan berjuang selama lima hari, tapi nyawa mamalia laut itu tak bisa diselamatkan.

Pada 1 Juni lalu, paus itu mati. Tapi sungguh mengejutkan apa yang ditemukan para dokter itu di perut paus. Lebih dari 80 lembar kantong plastik dengan bobot sampai 8 kg ditemukan di dalam perutnya.

Saat ditemukan oleh para penolong, seperti dilansir Live Science (livescience.com), paus itu terapung-apung dan kesulitan bernafas. Penyelamat kemudian menggunakan sebuah pelampung untuk menjaga paus itu tetap terapung dan menutupinya dengan sebuah payung supaya tak terbakar cahaya matahari.

Paus itu kemudian memuntahkan lima lembar kantong plastik. Tapi itu tak cukup untuk menyelamatkannya. Saat dilakukan necropsy alias autopsi hewan, dokter menemukan kantong-kantong plastik dengan berat total sekitar 8 kilogram. Ditemukan pula sampah-sampah manusia di dalam perutnya, seperti dilansir Reuters (reuters.com)

Regina Asmutis-Silvia, Direktur Eksekutif Whale and Dolphin Conservation yang berbasis di Amerika bagian utara, mengatakan paus itu diduga mengira plastik adalah makanannya. Saat plastik memenuhi perutnya, dia merasa kenyang dan berhenti berburu mangsa lain, seperti cumi-cumi, ikan, dan gurita.

"Pada satu titik, perut mereka penuh sampah dan tak bisa makan makanan yang sebenarnya," tutur Asmutis-Silvia. "Jelas tak ada nutrisi di sana dan itu sama saja dengan mengunci sistem pencernaannya."

Kamu tahu, bukan cuma paus pilot malang itu saja korban salah makan di laut. Menurut data, setiap tahun setidaknya 300 ekor hewan laut mati di perairan Thailand karena makan sampah. Begitu kata Thon Thamrongnawasawat, seorang ahli kelautan dari Universitas Kasetsart di Bangkok.

Di belahan dunia lain, burung laut juga sering mengira plastik sebagai makanan. Begitu juga penyu, paus, lumba-lumba, singa laut, dan crustacea.

Lebih dari 8 juta kilogram sampah plastik mengotori lautan kita setiap tahun. Jadi tahu kan betapa sampah plastik yang kita buang dengan sembarangan di sungai akan sampai ke laut dan membunuh hewan-hewan di sana"

Dampaknya juga bakal balik ke kita juga. Kalau hewan di laut mati gara-gara ulah kita, kita pun bakal kehilangan sumber makanan. Jadi, jangan lagi buang sampahmu sembarangan ya.

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