AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2010
QLD:Young whale found dead
BRISBANE, Aug 17 AAP - A young whale has been found dead off the central Queensland
port of Gladstone.
The carcass of the 12m sub-adult humpback is resting on a tidal bank near Facing Island,
within the bounds of Gladstone harbour.
Officers from the Department of Environment and Resource Management inspected the corpse
on Monday after it was found by a fisherman.
"There was no indication of the cause of death," said DERM senior ranger Bruce Knuckey.
The juvenile whale has been dead for some time and a post-mortem examination was not practical.
"As the carcass had already significantly decomposed the department will be unable
to investigate further," Mr Knuckey said.
AAP stg/pjo/maur
KEYWORD: WHALE
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