Stranded sperm whale with bleeding wounds found in Bali


This aerial picture shows villagers looking at a dead sperm whale that was stranded at Yeh Malet beach, in Klungkung on April 5, 2023. - AFP

JAKARTA (Xinhua): A sperm whale with bleeding wounds was washed up onto Lepang Beach in Indonesia's tourism resort Bali on Wednesday (April 5).

Putu Widiada, head of the Klungkung Regency Disaster Mitigation Agency, said Bali is a whale migration path and that the injuries were likely caused when getting trapped amid reefs in shallow waters.

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