18 ft. Beached whale, Stephenville, Newfoundland

January 5, 2012

Frank Gale

A whale that washed up on Stephenville Beach and was attracting a lot of attention from onlookers can’t be seen anymore.

That’s because the animal has been buried onsite by the town’s public works department.

Onlookers inspect a whale that recently washed up on Stephenville Beach. Just hours after this photo was taken, the whale was buried on the beach by the town’s public works division.

The mammal, which was believed to be about 18 feet in length, washed ashore sometime during the early morning hours of Dec. 30 when there were high seas that were propelled by high winds.

It was not known how the whale died. However, from a photo of the animal sent to Wayne Ledwell of Whale Release and Stranding Newfoundland and Labrador, he identified it as either a long finned pilot whale or a pothead whale and said it looked like a full-grown animal.

From previous experience with dead seals … Continue …

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