Sei whale ends up in the middle of a field

Adam Khor · 2011-10-11 18:13:41

Seems that the whale swam inland during an unusually high tide and when the water retreated, it became stranded and died. Of course, some people prefer to think it was dropped there by UFOs XD Makes for unusual, interesting photos though http://uk.news.yahoo.com/beached-whale-found-in-yorkshire-field.html

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Seems that the whale swam inland during an unusually high tide and when the water retreated, it became stranded and died. Of course, some people prefer to think it was dropped there by UFOs XD

Makes for unusual, interesting photos though

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/beached-whale-found-in-yorkshire-field.html

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Strange to say the least! Is that a baleen whale?

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Pretty nuts alright. Looks like a Baleen whale to me alright. The article says it's possibly a Sei Whale which are endangered.

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#4 11-10-2011 07:29PM

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Yes; the article says its a Sei whale. I am no whale expert (can´t tell u what it is by just looking at it) but it is certainly a baleen whale.

These are Sei whales and they do look like the one above:

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