Dear humans,

Hello! I am a mother who has just lost her baby, and I am writing this letter for help. In the past two years, the number of our killer whales as a group has been falling like autumn leaves. Unlike you humans, our gestation cycle is usually around 17 or 18 months. After a long pregnancy, I was able to successfully give birth to my lovely baby, but my baby only saw me for 30 minutes and died before he even opened his eyes. His death is a tragedy for our entire orca community.

The scientists who observed me said that my baby was born and lost to me forever because I had eaten too many plastic particles during pregnancy. Do you know how much my heart hurts? Marine pollution has now overtaken global warming as the biggest cause of Marine death. The 300 million tons of plastic that humans emit each year cannot be degraded at all, and can only be discharged into the sea without treatment. How can you stand it?

人类啊，我是多么羡慕你们。你们会说话，会写字，亲人离开时能写下文字为其悼念。你们有相机，能留住亲人的一丝倩影。但无助的我，在孩子离开我时，我无能为力。我们虎鲸没有脚，无法停留，我知道如果我不顶着我的宝宝，也许他就会沉入深深的海底，从此我们都无法再相见。17天的不眠不休，不吃不喝已经将我的体力耗尽。我的孩子，不是妈妈不想带着你遨游在这广阔无边的大海，只是真的太累了，是时候说再见了，你要在另一个世界好好照顾自己，妈妈会在心里永远惦念着你。

我知道有许多人类看到我顶着宝宝的尸体游了17个昼夜，都发文表示惋惜，可不论你们说什么？如何悼念，我的孩子终究是回不来了。我们也有眼泪，也有一颗爱子之心，虽语言不通，但你们也为人父母，应该能懂我的伤痛。

不仅我们虎鲸一族，还有其他物种，也深受其害。

亲爱的人类，我们从未对你们有过伤害，甚至有许多同胞更是成为了你们桌上的美食，我们不曾有过怨言。请少用塑料袋，别再海边扔垃圾了。也别再一边感慨流泪，一边当着罪魁祸首。

 人类的朋友：Tablequab

2018年10月25日