Showing posts with label enviroment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label enviroment. Show all posts

Thursday, 3 April 2025

Further cetacean strandings

Added whale strandings, with others catalogued at a later date.

2025, March 22. Philippines, Babuyan Islands, Calayan, Sitio Katanapan, Barangay Dibay. A Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) was found stranded. The whale, a male measuring 5.18 meters, was already in a decomposed state when reported by local residents.

2025, April 2 (Date sometime in last week). Norway, Dverberg on the island of Andoya. Cachalot (sperm whale). The sperm whale washed ashore in the town in a moderate state of decomposition. It was a male animal about 15.7 meters long.

Update post on Brazilian Meteor Airburst and comet SWAN25B

Update: 2025, September 9. South Atlantic, 77km off the coast of Brazil in Ceará.  Some witnesses reported faint hissing sounds, while other...