A beached whale in Cornwall (1 Viewer)

[MarkHows]

A beached whale in Cornwall, no ID in their 18:17 update



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-19248874

Mark

 

[Farnboro John]

Fin Whale according to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency:

http://hmcoastguard.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/whale-beached-on-carlyon-beach.html

 

[rockfowl]

Better images here - http://parexcellent.blogspot.co.uk/

 

[Dave Pullan]

Shouldn't the jaw be white on the right side for Fin Whale?

 

[rockfowl]

Unfortunately malnourished and has died - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rate-attempts-refloat-55ft-mammal-failed.html

 

[Farnboro John]

Shouldn't the jaw be white on the right side for Fin Whale?

Yes, and you can see the contrast with the upperjaw clearly in several of the pictures. Looks fine to me.

John

 

[snlw]

One also stuck in west Cork Harbour - http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0814/breaking22.html

 

[Farnboro John]

I maintain that large whales inshore almost invariably have underlying issues and are effectively unsavable.

John

 

[snlw]

And now a Beaked Whale beached on the bank of the River Severn nera Aust

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-19283841

 

[snlw]

And now another Beaked Whale, this time in the North East on Humber at Stone Creek!

http://lockerz.com/s/235304649

 

[tyson7]

Does anyone know what happened to the minke that swan into a Loch near Oban today?

 

[martin kitching]

There were four in Scotland around the same time as well.

cheers
martin

And now another Beaked Whale, this time in the North East on Humber at Stone Creek!

http://lockerz.com/s/235304649