A female dugong was found dead with its head missing on the beach in Nua Khlong district of Thailand’s southern province of Krabi yesterday (Wednesday).

 

Villagers in Ko Siboya sub-district of Nuea Khlong found the dugong floating near the beach in Village 7 and pulled it on shore.  he mammal, about two metres long and more than 100kgs (without its head), had many other wounds on its body as well.

 

Village 7 headman, Yongyuth Fungkwa, said that he suspects that the female dugong might have become entangled in a fishing net and died. When fishermen discovered it, they simply cut off its head to free the body from the net.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/decapitated-dugong-found-on-beach-in-krabi-province/

 

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Dugong is dogone now ????

Sad. They are peaceful creatures just roaming the sea for food and get caught and killed by a fishing net. If that is what they think happened. ????

13 minutes ago, jcmj said:

Sad. They are peaceful creatures just roaming the sea for food and get caught and killed by a fishing net. If that is what they think happened. ????

Not only that. Endangered species as well.

The village "headman" is he a suspect?
Sorry

Could it have had it's head bitten off in an ATTACK By a Shark ??

31 minutes ago, Nong Khai Man said:

Could it have had it's head bitten off in an ATTACK By a Shark ??

Or it could have been attacked by a Giant Squid..... ????

 

Or.. it could have simply been caught up in a fishing net and was chopped up by fishermen to free it from the net...  

On 4/20/2023 at 11:15 AM, webfact said:

Village 7 headman, Yongyuth Fungkwa, said that he suspects that the female dugong might have become entangled in a fishing net and died. When fishermen discovered it, they simply cut off its head to free the body from the net.

Sounds plausable.

19 hours ago, hotchilli said:

On 4/20/2023 at 1:15 PM, webfact said:

Village 7 headman, Yongyuth Fungkwa, said that he suspects that the female dugong might have become entangled in a fishing net and died. When fishermen discovered it, they simply cut off its head to free the body from the net.

Sounds plausable.

Or, it could have been Colonel Mustard with the candlestick in the conservatory...