Young dugong found dead on Phuket beach

[rooster59]

Young dugong found dead on Phuket beach 

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The dugong remains were taken to the Phuket Marine Biology Centre at Cape Panwa in the hope of determining what killed the young sea mammal. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
 

PHUKET: Local marine biologists are hoping to determine what killed a young dugong found washed up on a remote beach on the east coast of Phuket yesterday (Jan 26).

 

Jaruwan Chuayseng, 25, a rescue worker from Phatthalung province, notified local Kusoldharm rescue workers at about midday that a dugong had been found dead on Somkiet Beach, also called Laem Nga Beach, on Koh Siray, east of Phuket Town.

 

Lt Wipawan Wattanangerntanong of Phuket City Police along with researchers from the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC) arrived at the scene to find the dugong’s remains in a state of decay.

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/young-dugong-found-dead-on-phuket-beach-65749.php#usKM06kF7JoW4cFZ.97

 

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2018-01-27

 

[a10ams]

And for those of you, like me, who only clicked on this post to see what a 'dugong' was .......

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugong

[snairc]

5 hours ago, a10ams said:

And for those of you, like me, who only clicked on this post to see what a 'dugong' was .......

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugong

I was wondering what it was > Thanks

[NamKangMan]

 

Obviously, a suicide. 

[Oziex1]

"The dugong remains were taken to the Phuket Marine Biology Centre at Cape Panwa in the hope of determining what killed the young sea mammal."

 

Plastic ingestion perhaps? 

 

Not Thai bashing, just a comment on the distressing state of our oceans and waterways globally.

[DrDave]

Dugongs are closely related to the manatees that are found in Florida.

 

By nature, they are very curious - which may have been the downfall of this particular dugong. Possibly injured by a propeller or other man-made object as a result of his curiosity.

 

In the US, manatees are a heavily protected. It's illegal to touch, harass or disturb them in any way.