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Dead whale had a fish in its mouth, Samoa

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By Lagi Keresoma

APIA: FRIDAY 8 MARCH 2013

A whale found dead this morning was in mid-meal.

It had a fish sticking out of its mouth.

Ta’avili Tia’i of Faleula was out fishing in his canoe early this morning when his paddle struck what in the dim light he thought was a rock sticking out of the sea.

                                            

He poked at the object with his paddle and then saw eyes and a tail.

Frightened he paddled away as fast as he could.

Upon the realization that the object he’d come across was a fish and one that was not moving, he returned and poked its side with his paddle.

When dawn broke, he saw the full size of the fish and that it was a whale.

Ta’avili also saw a fish sticking out of it’s mouth.

He cut the whale’s fish in half, tied the whale to the side of his canoe and rowed for shore.

Ta’avili believes the whale choked on the fish in it’s mouth.

“No one in the village has seen a whale so I thought this was a chance for them to see one, so I pulled it in,” he said.

When news of his discovery was aired by radio a crowd gathered.

Buses diverted to the Faleula shore to have a look.

Staff of Ministry of Fisheries and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment also arrived on the scene to inspect the whale and take photos to help identify the species it belonged to.

They were prepared to try and save it had it been alive.

It was measured at five meters long – and looked like a pilot whale.

“I gave it to one of my relatives,” said Ta’avili.

Stranded whales are rare at the Faleula area though two years ago one dead whale was found offshore of nearby Toamua village.

talamua.com

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