More than 1,000 different kinds of pieces of plastic, including 115 cups, 25 bags, 4 bottles and two pairs of shoes, have been found inside a dead whale in Indonesia, according to local officials.

The whale was found on the island, it was already decomposing when animal doctors arrived. So they were unable to be sure if the plastic caused its death, said Lukas, the leader of the World Wildlife Fund in Indonesia. The plastic weighed about 6 kilograms, or 13 pounds, he said.

But pictures of the dead whale caused a warm discussion. The people in the country have started to realize that it is because of using too much plastic. So has the government. Indonesia, a nation of about 260 million people was the world’s second-biggest producer of plastic waste in 2015, behind only China.

If the whales eat too much plastic, they will have a wrong feeling. They think that they are full. And that will lead them to eat less food that provides all the good things they need, said Nicholas who is the leader of the Ocean Conservancy. Moreover, eating too much plastic can make them reduce their weight, their energy and their swimming speed. As a result, whales are easier to be hurt by the sharks and many other dangerous animals in the sea.

More than 800 kinds of animals in the sea are affected by about 8. 8 million tons of plastic which is thrown away freely in the ocean each year. Plastic can also stop the animals moving freely and sometimes it will cause them to die because they have to be under the water for too long. Some plastic can make a small hole in their stomachs after they eat it.

Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs. They loved each other and played together so they made a road through the grass between their houses.

One evening, Brownie’s family noticed that Brownie hadn’t come home. They went out to look for him but with no success. Brownie didn’t appear the next day, and by the next week, he was still missing. Brownie’s family thought maybe he left home to make some new friends.

Spotty went to Brownie’s house alone. He barked loudly. But Brownie’s family was too busy to care about him.

Finally, one morning Spotty followed Ted, Brownie’s owner, everywhere he went. He barked, then ran toward a nearby empty lot (空地) and looked back, as if to say, “Follow me!”

Ted followed the dog across the empty lot. The little dog took the man to a tree a half mile from the house. There Ted found Brownie alive. One of his legs was caught in a trap (老鼠夹子). Ted wished he had come earlier.

Then Ted noticed something amazing. In a circle around Brownie, he saw a lot of dog food. Spotty had been visiting Brownie every day. He stayed with Brownie to protect him and keep him warm and safe.