40-foot dead whale washes ashore near Mumbai coast


June 25,(Mid-day): A 40-feet dead whale washed ashore near the coast of Revas in Raigad district in Maharashtra. Forest department officials claim that the whale may have got stranded in shallow water and later died; the carcass was later buried near the coast.

Another dead whale was found at the Uran coast around two months ago. Several marine creatures including dolphins have been found dead around the Mumbai coast in the recent past.

  

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  • Rita, Germany

    Fri, Jun 26 2015

    Nowadays rare and see creatures die we hear .why nobody knows.either lack of less fish for their Needs due to Change in environment?last time I heard,not Long ago,a wale was found dead.And when they did post martum to find the reason ,they found tonnes of plastic bags in ist stomach.Yes it must have swallowed because of hunger.since schip journey has increased in the past,people throw all plastic,waste into ocean ,let old oil in see,it effects the lives of fishes.do we know today our fish what we eat contain Radio active material?or some poison?They could have find out what was the reason fo rits death.Its a warning for us to Keep our environment clean with less chemicals to water and earth.

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