A sperm whale is feared to have died after it washed up on the east coast of England.
British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) was known as at about 12.15pm on Good Friday to assist with a “large, stranded whale” on the seashore at Cleethorpes, close to Grimsby.
The charity mentioned the animal had been noticed “upright in the water” at about noon, however by the point it reached the seashore it was stranded on its facet.
A BDMLR spokesperson mentioned: “HM Coastguard and Cleethorpes beach safety team were able to get photographs to help us make a positive identification, and keep the public safe on what can be a dangerous area.
“Unfortunately, the tide was rising rapidly and due to this fact there was no manner for BDMLR medics to soundly entry the whale, and it was quickly beneath the water.
“The beach safety team were able to show our medics CCTV footage of the whale before it became submerged, and it did appear to have passed away.”
The charity mentioned it believes the whale was doubtless a male as “it is very uncommon for female sperm whales to be found this far north, the only recording of one in the UK being in 2016”.
Sperm whales are the biggest toothed whale reaching as much as 16 metres in size.
Source: information.sky.com”