#DwarfSpermWhale carcass washes up on #WestBeach
A local tour boat operator says the cause of death appears to be a "complete mystery”. He had seen the whale on Thursday when it was alive about 4 km’s offshore.
The whale was found early on Saturday, and is estimated to be more than two metres in length.
The Department for Environment & Water said the animal was a dwarf sperm whale, a species that is considered rare in Australian waters.
The carcass of a dwarf sperm whale is found washed up on an Adelaide beach, with a local tour boat operator who says he saw the "very rare" animal when it was alive and several kilometres offshore describing the cause of death as a "complete mystery".
The west beach on Vatersay, which has been the most southerly inhabited island in the Western Isles since 1912, when Mingulay was abandoned. Since 1991 Vatersay has been connected by a causeway to the neighbouring island of Barra. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/vatersay/vatersay/index.html
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