This is the heartbreaking moment plastic pollution was pulled from the stomach of a dead fish.<br /><br />Residents found the large grouper fish washed up on a beach in Negros Oriental, the Philippines on November 21. <br /><br />Eunice Tenplado said the fish weighed 10-kilograms, but he noticed that it was bloated so he took it home.<br /><br />Footage shows a friend cutting open the fish's stomach and removing a large plastic disposable cup, which may have caused its death after it was swallowed.<br /><br />Eunice said: "The fish must have been dead for a few hours and was taken by the waves to our shore. There was lots of trash all around the fish and it was starting to smell.''<br /><br />Footage shows the residents opening up the fish's stomach and finding a plastic cup inside and other trash. <br /><br />A smaller decomposing fish was also found inside its gut, which may have been its last meal.<br /><br />The grouper fish, locally known as "lapu-lapu" is a prized catch in the Philippines as it is one of the most expensive.<br /><br />Eunice added: ''The grouper fish swallowed the plastic at some point, which have killed it. There is so much in the sea here, it's hard for the fish to avoid it.''
