Back to back whale carcass in Cox's Bazar

The Report Desk

Published: April 10, 2021, 04:14 PM

Back to back whale carcass in Cox's Bazar

A day after a whale carcass washed ashore at Himchhari beach in Cox's Bazar, another whale corpse was found at the beach Saturday (10 April) . Commuters on Cox's Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive road noticed the whale carcass on the beach around 6:00am. 

The whale carcass that was found today (10 April) is significantly larger than the one spotted yesterday (9 April). It has a length of around 43 feet and width of 14 feet, said Jahirul Islam, executive director of Marine Life Alliance, a non-government organisation. Yesterday, a whale carcass, around 30 feet long and assumed to have weighed five tonnes, washed ashore at Himchhari beach.

Police personnel went to the spot around 10:30am and kept the carcass within a roped area to keep curious people away from it. Preparations are going on to bury the carcass to prevent pollution, said Mohammad Amin, additional deputy commissioner (revenue) of Cox's Bazar.

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