A sperm whale that was entangled in ropes has died after it became stranded on a shore of the island of Raasay. The 15m-long (49ft) animal was spotted in difficulty off nearby Skye on Thursday.
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Search is on for sperm whale spotted off Stuart beach; may be sick and strand itself soon"We could not confirm its size, but it doesn't look like a calf or juvenile. It looks more like an adult or sub-adult." ...
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Whale entangled in ropes strands on island shoreA sperm whale spotted entangled in ropes off Skye last week has become ... BDMLR said the rope was wrapped around the whale's head and left fin.
The marine mammal — an infrequent visitor to the shores of the Emerald Isle — was spotted in the Waterford Estuary on the ...
Sperm Whales belong to the suborder of toothed whales ... It has relatively short, stubby flippers and a low hump instead of a dorsal fin. Its diet is largely made up of squid.
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