Dead whale beaches in Cape Town

July 27th 2009 The beaked whale which washed up on a beach near muizenberg and was taken back out to sea last night,eventuall rebeached itself late last night and was put down. Todays it was towed off the beach by the Nsri with MCM assistance and taken to the naval dockyard to be collected by road and taken away for autopsy from SimonstownPicture by Chad Chapman

July 27th 2009 The beaked whale which washed up on a beach near muizenberg and was taken back out to sea last night,eventuall rebeached itself late last night and was put down. Todays it was towed off the beach by the Nsri with MCM assistance and taken to the naval dockyard to be collected by road and taken away for autopsy from SimonstownPicture by Chad Chapman

Published Apr 2, 2013

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Cape Town - A dead Arnoux's Beaked Whale, found beached at Bakoven in Cape Town, was removed for a necropsy on Tuesday morning, the City's Disaster Risk Management Centre said.

The 6.71m whale was discovered by members of the public on Monday, spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said in a statement.

“Upon arrival of mammal scientists from the oceans and coasts branch of the department of environmental affairs it was established that... (the) whale washed ashore and was already dead.”

On Tuesday the carcass was taken to the department's research centre for a necropsy to determine the cause of death. There were initial indications of an infection in certain parts of the whale's muscles. - Sapa

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