Sperm whale washes up

Sat, 03 Feb 2001 | Source: AFP

GENERAL NAKAR, Philippines (AFP): A 15.7-meter live sperm whale beached itself on the coast of this Philippines town southeast of Manila, the mayor said on Friday.

Town Mayor Hernando Avellaneda said fishermen found the weakened whale on a beach on Monday. Experts of the national museum who specialize in large mammals were called in but by the time they reached the isolated town on Wednesday, the whale had died.

Portions of the whale were then sliced off and sold for meat by local residents, the mayor said.

No one in the area could recall a similar beaching before, Avellaneda said.

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