Stray whale in Osaka Bay dies

OSAKA, Jan 13 (NHK) - Officials in western Japan's Osaka City say a whale that strayed into a bay there has died.

The 8-meter-long whale was first spotted on Monday in shallow waters near the mouth of the Yodo River.

The local Coast Guard had been monitoring the mammal, thought to be a sperm whale.

Although the whale was initially seen spouting water, it later became less active. Patrollers found it immobile on Friday morning, about 400 meters from a nearby pier.

City officials and experts from an aquarium went out to the whale in a rubber boat and confirmed it was dead. ...continue reading

Source: ANNnewsCH

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