Juvenile Bryde's whale found dead in rock embankment along Tg Aru beach


The Bryde’s Whale that stranded and died along Tanjung Aru Beach 3 in Kota Kinabalu.

KOTA KINABALU: A juvenile Bryde’s Whale that was stranded and guided back to deeper waters off the Tanjung Aru beach three days ago, was found dead in a rock embankment along the same beach on Saturday (March 21).

Sabah Wildlife Department director Mohd Soffian Abu Bakar said the 3.23m juvenile whale was first sighted stranded along the shallow waters off the beach on Friday (Mar 19) and was successfully herded back to deeper waters.

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