Blue whale washed ashore in Maharashtra dies
A 42-feet-long blue whale was washed ashore here and later died of its injuries.
The blue whale is the largest extant animal and among the heaviest existing species on the earth,
The marine mammal, weighing about 20 tonnes, was washed ashore following high tide at the Revdanda sea shore, about 20 kms from Alibaug in Raigad district, on Wednesday.
The locals who spotted the whale lying in an injured condition informed the Raigad collector office and the fisheries officials.
The district authorities, revenue and fisheries officials brought in JCB machines on Thursday morning and tried to push the whale into the waters, but all efforts proved futile, Deputy Collector, Alibaug region, Deepak Kshirsagar said.
The huge weight of the whale and marshy beach posed a hindrance in the efforts to push the mammal into the sea.
