On a sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus washed ashore at Irumeni (Palk Bay) near Mandapam
A female sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus (Fig. 1) measuring 4 m, weighing 1.5 t was washed ashore in dead condition at Irumeni (Palk Bay) near Mandapam on 10-11- 2000. The length at birth of a sperm whale is about 4 meters, hence it mav be in-ferred that the present whale is a new born b...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Cochin
2002
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3513/ http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3513/1/Article_05.pdf |
| Summary: | A female sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus (Fig. 1) measuring 4 m, weighing 1.5 t was washed ashore in dead condition at Irumeni (Palk Bay) near Mandapam on 10-11- 2000. The length at birth of a sperm whale is about 4 meters, hence it mav be in-ferred that the present whale is a new born baby. |
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