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01-11-2009, 06:17 PM   #1

Poor sperm whale


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/8334553.stm



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01-11-2009, 06:26 PM   #2

Re: Poor sperm whale


So sad, wonder what makes the beach themselves like that....



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01-11-2009, 06:58 PM   #3

Re: Poor sperm whale


That's really sad.



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01-11-2009, 07:01 PM   #4

Re: Poor sperm whale


Poor creature - maybe it died of natural causes?



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01-11-2009, 07:18 PM   #5

Re: Poor sperm whale


That's very sad



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01-11-2009, 08:45 PM   #6

Re: Poor sperm whale


They wont know until an autopsy has been done. I think it was removed from the beach yesterday afternoon. It was believed to be dead before it was beached.



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01-11-2009, 09:50 PM   #7

Re: Poor sperm whale


Happens too often. I do wonder of all the undersea sonar is disrupting them?



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01-11-2009, 09:58 PM   #8

Re: Poor sperm whale


Such a sad end for such a magnificent animal..........



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01-11-2009, 10:22 PM   #9

Re: Poor sperm whale


I think its something that has happened for many many years one of the most reasonable explanations I heard was the whales/dolphins/sharks...get almost like an inner ear infection sort of thing that ruins their sonar (for want of a better word) their sonar that guides them through the seas. It has been happening since records began beaching of whales...etc, such a shame though.



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02-11-2009, 02:37 PM   #10

Re: Poor sperm whale


I didnt think that sperm whales were native to our shores.



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