Third minke whale found dead on UK shores.
Three minke whales have washed up dead on UK shores in just a week due to unknown causes, prompting scientists to carry out a postmortem investigation on the third body.
A small common female minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) was discovered at Sea Palling, Norfolk, on Monday morning, just four days after another larger, 7.6 metre-long female minke was found nearby on Cromer East beach. A 9 metre-long minke was also found dead on a County Londonderry beach last Friday, the third time in the past three months that a whale has become stranded on a beach in Northern Ireland.
Including these three, there have been 14 minkes reported as stranded in the UK this year, the Natural History Museum said.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/26/minke-whale-found-dead-uk-sea-palling-norfolk
Tragic. Be interesting , but sad to see , if it plastic sheeting related.
