Showing posts with label Gangetic dolphin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gangetic dolphin. Show all posts

Monday, 5 May 2025

Mass Whale stranding in Western Australia

2025, April 27. Western Australia. Meteors. Detected on camera within hour of each other. The event parameters at Albany were. LLB: (-35.48, 118.29). LLE: (-34.62, 117.41). HB: 120.5 km, HE: 102.3 km. Duration: 1.92 sec. Vel: 67.16 km/s. Travelling NW for 124 km.  

2025, April 30. Western Australia. Meteor. Detected on camera at a long distance.

2025, May 1. Queensland, K'gari (Frazer Island). Juvenile Brydes Whale stranded. Outcome unknown.

2025, May 4. Philippines, Brgy. Minabel, Camiguin Norte. A large dead whale, species not known.

2025, May 4. Iceland. Two dolphins in an advanced state of decomposition.

2025, May 4. India, Mumbai, Juhu beach. A rare occurrence of a dead pink dolphin.

2025, May 4. Wales, Pwll Llanddu. Dead common dolphin.  

2025, May 5. Bangladesh, The Rupnarayan River, village of Mankur in Bagnan 1 Block at the end of Howrah district. An adult Gangetic dolphin was recovered from the riverbank.  

2025, May 5. New South Wales, Manly. Risso’s Dolphin calf. the calf had sustained minor predation wounds and was euthanised.

2025, May 5. South Australia, Henley Beach. Dead Great White Shark (Total of four dead individuals). The incident follows the discovery of dead sharks at Ardrossan, Aldinga and Port Willunga in recent weeks. Experts are concerned it could be connected to the algae bloom.

2025, May 5. Western Australia, House Beach, 12km east of Bremer Bay. A mass stranding of seven false killer whales. Four died initially with three refloated. One restranded and euthanised. These cetaceans could be individuals separated from the large pod stranding of FKW in Tasmania on February 19. 

Bangladesh: Gangetic Dolphin
Western Australia: Mass Stranding and meteor event locations.

Thursday, 13 June 2024

Beaked whale dead in USA, Gangetic dolphin in India and bottlenose in Bangladesh

2024, June 13. USA, New Jersey, Monmouth County. A 13 foot 2-inch long Beaked whale beached and died. It is the second dead whale found in the area this year.

Photo credit: Spring Lake Police Department

2024, June 12. India, Kulsi River, Kamrup District. Gangetic river dolphin. Sixth death in five years of this species.

Gangetic River Dolphin: Carcass of Gangetic river dolphin found in Kulsi river | Guwahati News - Times of India (indiatimes.com)

2024, June 14. Bangladesh, Kuakata Beach. A 10-foot long bottlenose dolphin was found washed up in Patuakhali. Members of the Dolphin Conservation Committee and forest department are investigating.

New Age | Dead dolphin washed up on Kuakata beach (newagebd.net)



Research Oddity: Whale Displacement post Tsunami

1952, November 5. Russia, Severo-Kurilsk (Северо-Курильск), located on Paramushir Island in the northern Kuril Islands (Sakhalin Oblast, Rus...