(Milton Keynes Citizen, U.K.)
Stranded whale starved to death
Published on Sat Mar 05 12:46:50 GMT 2011
A whale found dead off the south coast starved to death, initial findings have found.
The 45ft long sperm whale was found stranded on a beach in Pegwell Bay, off the Kent coast, on Thursday.
The juvenile male had not eaten for some time and had become dehydrated, the preliminary post-mortem found.
Scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) carried out the examination as part of the Defra funded collaborative UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP).
Rob Deaville, project manager of the CSIP, said: "Preliminary results from the post-mortem examination indicate that the whale had not fed for a long time, suggesting it had become dehydrated, which most likely played a role in its live stranding. Further tests will now be carried out to determine the full picture".
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