Bhubaneswar, April 10 -- A giant-sized 32-feet-long critically endangered Bryde whale was washed ashore in idyllic Madali beach coming under Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary of Odisha's Kendrapara district, said a forest official today.
The gargantuan mammal weighed around 10 ton. It was quite an uphill task for the forest personnel to extricate the mammal's body from the beach.
The forest department is planning to preserve the skeletal remains of the mammal for posterity, said an official.
The mammal bore injury marks. The species figures in the IUCN Red list of threatened marine species.
"The mammal is a schedule-I species under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. We are still undecided whether to bury or not the carcass after its post mo...