Dear all,
A carcass of a fin whale found beached on the Gulf of Sirte on the 18th of
February. The carcass was reported by one of the locals and scientists from
different agencies and universities rushed to the site on the same date.
The animal was 17 m and heavily decayed. The body was inspected for any signs
of collision (propellers marks or wounds) or mortality cause with no visible
results. No necropsy was carried out and the body was buried at the site in
order to extract the skeleton later. Tissue, blubber and skin samples were
collected and preserved (frozen) at the University of Omar Elmukhtar (OMU) for
later investigation and analysis.
Short videos are available at these links (u-tube):
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%AA+%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AA&aq=f
Kind regards
Ibrahim Benamer
MSc Marine fisheries Management
University of Aberdeen
Lecturer at University of Omar Elmokhtar (OMU) / Libya
Email: [email protected]
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