Dead Bruda whale washed ashore in Samut Prakan

[tifino]

it would be almost as 'safe' as eating basa fish from the mekong delta

[mojorison]

there are old whale skeletons on display in the yard of a monastery at the peninsula near Sattahip Port. They must have always been around here even in warmer waters

If this is actually a Brydes Whale, and not some made in Thailand rip-off, then a brief wiki search will reveal that they inhabit a band around the entire earth, (the wet bits anyway), that stretches between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Quite a capacious area. (If it's the cheap Thai knock off version, they probably only exist on amulets and in the septic waters of the Gulf of Thailand, extracting oxygen from plastics bags and devouring the corpses of other unrecognizable oceanic/humanoid species. Cut down the mangroves... they just get in the way of these poor beasts. God bless.

[katana]

According to Thai Wiki, Thais call them Bruda Whales. The English wiki version of the page calls them Bryde's whales.

[soalbundy]

Bryde's whale, pronounced "brooders".

sort of like hens then?

[taony]

Its one of those words I've read hundreds of times, but never spoken out loud. Thought is was pronounced "brides".

[soalbundy]

Its one of those words I've read hundreds of times, but never spoken out loud. Thought is was pronounced "brides".

Like my ex-wife's name, i never say it out loud when it gets dark,you never know.

[ClutchClark]

There appears to be a trend , die offs are way to common these days The test results will be interesting, Radiation , pollution, lack of food.

Suicide.

Things live and things die.

Ever heard of old age.

At 11m that was a full adult and could well have come to the end of its natural life.

They will have taken all the usual samples and will be able to determine if there is any unnatural causes.

In todays world, it seems whales seldom die of natural causes, this death appears to have been from a fishing net:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/739810-fishing-net-may-have-caused-whales-death-chulalongkorn-university/

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WHALE

Fishing net may have caused whale's death

JANJIRA PONGRAI

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- NECROPSY RESULTS have revealed that a rare Bryde's whale might have died of shock from getting caught in a seine.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/739810-fishing-net-may-have-caused-whales-death-chulalongkorn-university/

[tifino]

would it already have been dead before it reached where it lay?

or would the settling of it down upon that sharp-looking mangrove/bamboo-looking bed of spikes - be the final shock?

[eloigorri]

I am involved in aerial surveys of these magnificent creatures every year off Samut Sakhon for the Marine Coastal Resources Dept. This whale was indeed a ten year old Brydes whale, not yet fully mature, we see adults up to 15 meters.

It died about 12 days ago, we now know from drowning, and there is evidence of bruising on the body which happened before it drowned. The carcass was trapped for some time offshore inside a muscle farm until a high tide washed it onshore last Sunday.

The population peeks between -August and December when the whales, most often mother with calves come to feed on the local anchovy shoals.

Given the congestion in the Gulf of Thailand, and intensive farming, it is unbelievable that these whales can co-exist there, and to be honest, I am surprised that there are not more casualties.

Some more details and pictures here, for those interested.

http://www.theflyingscouts.com/FSBrydeWhale.htm

We will be back out surveying next month.

[taony]

Are the brydes whales the only species you see?

-*I typed this myself*-

[eloigorri]

Are the brydes whales the only species you see?

-*I typed this myself*-

For whales, Bryde's are the only ones we have spotted in the Gulf. There is other marine life like Dolphins, Whale Sharks and Dugongs as well.

[tifino]

...it's always the good-guys get netted/beached, like the whales etc

They like the dolphins etc get caught in nets...

why just why can't it be the sharks? but, I guess with walnut brains, sharks don't need to think, or suicide - all they do is eat their way out

[soalbundy]

...it's always the good-guys get netted/beached, like the whales etc

They like the dolphins etc get caught in nets...

why just why can't it be the sharks? but, I guess with walnut brains, sharks don't need to think, or suicide - all they do is eat their way out

You can almost hear those whales singing just before they beach

Eternal father, strong to save

whose arm hath bound the restless wave

who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep

its own appointed limits keep

Oh,hear us when we cry to thee

For those in peril on the sea.

[taony]

Are the brydes whales the only species you see?

-*I typed this myself*-

For whales, Bryde's are the only ones we have spotted in the Gulf. There is other marine life like Dolphins, Whale Sharks and Dugongs as well.

Thanks. I enjoyed those photos at the site.

-*I typed this myself*-