On the stranding of sperm whales at Nagapattinam,Tamil nadu coast
A whale baby female sperm whale, Physeter macrocephakis Linnaeus measuring 3.71 m and weighing about 700 kg was stranded on18th December, 1988 at Samnathanpettai near Nagapattinam . Another sperm whale was found dead and washed ashore at Vizhunthamavadi near Nagapattinam on 18th January, 1991. The s...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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CMFRI
1992
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3821/ http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3821/1/Article_07.pdf |
| Summary: | A whale baby female sperm whale, Physeter macrocephakis Linnaeus measuring 3.71 m and weighing about 700 kg was stranded on18th December, 1988 at Samnathanpettai near Nagapattinam . Another sperm whale was found dead and washed ashore at Vizhunthamavadi near Nagapattinam on 18th January, 1991. The stranded sperm whale was an young female of 9.70 m weighing about 5 tonnes and estimated to be around five years old. |
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