'Moby Dick' visits Davao seas days before momentous ban on plastic use – Manila Bulletin
Published June 27, 2021, 6:25 PM A few days before Davao City approved an ordinance banning single use of plastic, it got an unexpected visit from a rare whale along its seas. The Davao office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) captured on video a rare Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) while traversing the seas between Ligid Island of Davao Del Norte and Kopiat Island of Davao De Oro on June 12. Davao City’s no single-use plastics law seems momentous for the thriving sea near its area as countless sea creatures were washed ashore dead the past few ywars, with m...