Dead pilot whale found on Samal Island, Philippines
Julia Jasmine Madrazo-Sta. Romana June 13, 2012
A dead pilot whale was found Monday night, June 11, on Kaputian Island, Island Garden City of Samal.
Pilot whales, or Globicephala macrorhynchus, are large dolphin species, second in size only to orcas. These whales are usually found in tropical and temperate waters and are quite common in the waters of Mindanao.
According to Mr. Darrell Blatchley, curator of D’Bone Collector Museum in Davao City, the short-finned pilot whale appears to have been dead for at least a couple of days based on the amount of decomposition seen on the body. Upon initial observation, it was first speculated that the pilot whale died from a shark attack.
But after the autopsy of the 600 lbs pilot whale performed in D’Bone Collector Museum, it waslater revealed that the whale died from internal injuries caused by a bottle cap lodged in lungs.
“This case is quite unusual because pilot whales usually die in mass strandings,” explains Mr.Blatchley. “It’s actually a good thing that we only found one dead whale although it’s really unfortunate …
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