NAVI MUMBAI: A extremely decomposed carcass of a 42 foot-long whale was washed ashore on Uran coast early Thursday morning. Forest officials who went to the spot stated it might be able to be a blue whale, however will confirm only after the whale's tissue samples are fully analysed.
“In the past couple of years, there have been rather a couple of circumstances of whales washing ashore, together with Bryde's whale, blue whale, sperm whale and humpbacks, and many dolphins, turtles too amongst marine animals,'' stated the extra most important leader conservator of forests (mangrove cell) N Vasudevan. He added that it's alarming to report a number of such beaching of whales, and further study is required to grasp why it is going on.
Environmentalist D Stalin remarked, “The woodland department will have to get started investment a right kind analysis at the reasons of such circumstances of huge marine species washing ashore. Besides sea air pollution, oil spills, high traffic of shipment vessels, we want clinical evidence at the various components involved here.”
Oceanography researcher Swapnil Tandel, who was additionally present at Khar Danda shore the place the dead whale was discovered, stated: “It indubitably looks to be amongst the ones belonging to baleen whales crew. Because this 20-ton whale is decomposed, this is a bit tricky to totally identify it from its appearance.”
Baleen whales are some of the largest animals on earth; they have got feature baleen plates (to filter out seawater) and paired (double) blowholes to assist distinguish baleen whales from other types.
“In the past couple of years, there have been rather a couple of circumstances of whales washing ashore, together with Bryde's whale, blue whale, sperm whale and humpbacks, and many dolphins, turtles too amongst marine animals,'' stated the extra most important leader conservator of forests (mangrove cell) N Vasudevan. He added that it's alarming to report a number of such beaching of whales, and further study is required to grasp why it is going on.
Environmentalist D Stalin remarked, “The woodland department will have to get started investment a right kind analysis at the reasons of such circumstances of huge marine species washing ashore. Besides sea air pollution, oil spills, high traffic of shipment vessels, we want clinical evidence at the various components involved here.”
Oceanography researcher Swapnil Tandel, who was additionally present at Khar Danda shore the place the dead whale was discovered, stated: “It indubitably looks to be amongst the ones belonging to baleen whales crew. Because this 20-ton whale is decomposed, this is a bit tricky to totally identify it from its appearance.”
Baleen whales are some of the largest animals on earth; they have got feature baleen plates (to filter out seawater) and paired (double) blowholes to assist distinguish baleen whales from other types.
42-ft whale carcass washes ashore near Mumbai
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