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Whale stranded on North Coast
Huge whale strands on north coast 23rd February 2010 The body of a huge whale has been found on the north coast of Cornwall. The Cornwall Wildlife Trust Marine Strandings Network believes it to be a fin whale, which had first been reported floating close to the shore off Pendeen. The Marine Strandings Network were called to the stranded fin whale, photo by Gary Hawkins The whale was originally spotted by Jean Lawman, a keen naturalist who regularly watches out for marine wildlife. Jean saw it about three kilometres offshore through her telescope and realised that it was too big to be any other species. Fin whales are often seen at this time of year, but sadly this one appeared to be dead, so it was reported to the Marine Strandings Network Hotline. Unfortunately, the whale did not beach and continued to float on the tides. Five days after the first sighting, the Marine Strandings Network's Hotline was alerted again to the whale after it had been seen near Porthtowan. Remarkably, it...
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