Record of stranded whales along Karnataka coast
A whale was stranded in the beach of Guijerbettu, Udupi district, Karnataka on 21.12.2001 . The whale was found in live condition. Thelocal person tried to rescue it but was in vain and later it died. The whale was identified as Balaenopteramusculus (Blue whale). Few vertebrae have been collected an...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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CMFRI
2004
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4528/ http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4528/1/Article13.pdf http://www.cmfri.org.in/ |
| Summary: | A whale was stranded in the beach of Guijerbettu, Udupi district, Karnataka on 21.12.2001 . The whale was found in live condition. Thelocal person tried to rescue it but was in vain and later it died. The whale was identified as Balaenopteramusculus (Blue whale). Few vertebrae have been collected and preserved in the museum of Mangalore Research Centre of CMFRI for future identification up to the species level. Another whale (genus : Balaenoptera) was stranded in Kota, Udupi district, Karnataka near the shore of Arama temple on 11.08.2004 in decayed condition. |
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