Sperm whale carcass found floating off Phuket beach

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The carcass (to the right in image) was confirmed as being that of a sperm whale. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Marine experts have confirmed that a carcass found floating off Surin Beach yesterday was that of a sperm whale.

 

At 10am yesterday (May31), Director of the Phuket Department of Marine and Coastal Resources’ (DMCR) Conservation Division Mr Suchart Rattanaruengsri received a report from lifeguards at Surin Beach in Cherng Talay that the remains of a large whale had been found floating about 500 metres off shore.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/sperm-whale-carcass-found-floating-off-phuket-beach-62394.php

 

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Thanks for clarifying who is who in the image caption.. 

It does look like a common sperm whale.

1 minute ago, kotsak said:

Thanks for clarifying who is who in the image caption..

 

You are reading my minds...

Must have exhausted itself in the cubby holes of the Walking Street bars......

They tried resuscitating it for 3 hours thinking it was a drowned farang

which ones the whale  ???????

Cant wait to see how some on here will construe this as the fault of thais and thailand

Sperm whales live and hunt in very deep waters. Has drifted in from the Indian Ocean helped by the recent cyclone in the Bay of Bengal.

4 hours ago, soalbundy said:

They tried resuscitating it for 3 hours thinking it was a drowned farang

 

But only after spending considerable time looking for its wallet.

2 hours ago, Fulwell53 said:

Cant wait to see how some on here will construe this as the fault of thais and thailand

obviously murdered

Doesn't look like a Sperm whale. Wrong jaw shape.

Looks like two beached whales to me.

16 hours ago, kotsak said:

Thanks for clarifying who is who in the image caption.. 

 

Clearly one has floated and beached, the other just beached.

My research shows that the  sperm whale is a mammal with a worldwide range and will migrate seasonally for feeding and breeding. Females and young males live together while mature males live solitary lives outside of the mating season. 

6 minutes ago, missoura said:

My research shows that the  sperm whale is a mammal with a worldwide range and will migrate seasonally for feeding and breeding. Females and young males live together while mature males live solitary lives outside of the mating season. 

 

So very similar to the lads on the annual OS golf trip?