Whale perished in Al-Mukulla Sea [Archives:2007/1057/Local News]

AL-MUKALLA, June 6 ) A perished giant whale, with 10 m long and 2.5 m high, was into the shore by sea waves. The semi-decomposed whale is now stranded in Broom City's Al-Dahs area beach; however, the cause of its death is still unknown.

Coast Guard Hilal Ahmed told Saba News Agency, Saba, he saw the corpse of the whale far at deep sea at about 11 a.m. and he thought it to be a capsized boat, but it became clear after some time that it was a perished whale. He added the perished whale was accompanied by three other whales that left it upon reaching the shore.

A similar incident was recorded on Feb. 19, 2006 when a 17m long and 5m high whale was found dead in Al-Suqia shore, 15 km. to the east of Bab Al-Mandab Strait. Another giant perished whale, 17m long and 4m high, was found in Bab Al-Mandab's Al-Baten area just one month before Al-Suqia incident.

So far, the reasons causing whales to perish are not known to Yemeni fishery officials and no studies were conducted over the dead whales to know the cause(s) of their death.
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