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Heart of rare Blainville’s beaked whale buried in beach as part of Indigenous ceremony
The heart of a deceased rare Blainville’s beaked whale has been buried on a New South Wales Mid North Coast beach as part of an Aboriginal cultural ceremony.
Key points:
- The heart of a dead rare whale has been buried by traditional owners as part of a cultural ceremony
- The Blainville’s beaked whale washed up deceased at Park Beach in Coffs Harbour
- Dolphin Marine Rescue and the local Aboriginal Land Council work together when marine animals are beached
The whale’s carcass washed up on Park Beach at Coffs Harbour, the seventh beaked whale to wash up on NSW shores in a year.
It was handled by the Sea Country Custodians program, a new partnership between the Aboriginal Land Council and the Dolphin Marine Rescue Animal Rehab Trust (DMRART).
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