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Fin whale found dead off Naples coast after calf leads Italian coastguard to discovery
Italian coastguard have discovered the body of a fin whale near the southern coast of Naples after they followed a young whale calf in distress at sea.
Key points:
- It took several hours and two coastguard boats to tow the whale
- The whale’s skeleton will eventually be put on display in a museum
- A necropsy will be carried out to investigate the cause of death
The dead whale was towed toward the Naples harbour after a complex operation involving two coastguard vessels.
Coastguard scuba divers found the lifeless whale on Sunday, January 17, after spotting a calf in difficulty near the harbour of Sorrento, a coastal town that overlooks the Naples bay.
The body subsequently surfaced and was closely monitored by the coastguard, who decided to carry…
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