As humpbacks are spotted by whale watchers off the east coast of Australia as part of their annual migration, locals on the New South Wales far south coast discovered an abnormally undamaged skeletal specimen cleaned ashore.
Key points:
- A Merimbula citizen discovered an intact whale vertebrae cleaned ashore at Greenglades Beach, south of Eden, NSW
- Stripped bare but still undamaged, ‘the smell was rather a stench’ when they discovered the specimen, thought to be 6 to 8 metres long
- NSW Parks and Wildlife are still evaluating removal alternatives however have actually reminded the general public it is illegal to remove any part of a whale– fines apply
Merimbula’s Tony ‘Spike’ Hancock came across the whale foundation 2 weeks ago at Wonboyn Beach, in the Nadgee Nature Reserve, south of Eden.
But it wasn’t the big, snake-like shape of the vertebrae t