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Sperm Whale Washes Up On Norfolk Beach
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Sperm Whale Washes Up On Norfolk Beach
by ChrisH » Jan 4th, '12, 08:54
On Christmas eve a sperm whale washed up on the beach at Hunstanton in West Norfolk.
Reports of it's size varies from 40ft to 55ft, It was already dead when it came ashore.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-16355296
Someone illegally removed the jawbone and tried to sell it on Facebook. Police are looking into the matter as the teeth are ivory and strict laws apply to buying and selling these items.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-storie ... -23674794/
The whale has become a tourist attraction and people are being warned not to touch it on health grounds.
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/health_warn ... _1_1166250
Reports of it's size varies from 40ft to 55ft, It was already dead when it came ashore.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-16355296
Someone illegally removed the jawbone and tried to sell it on Facebook. Police are looking into the matter as the teeth are ivory and strict laws apply to buying and selling these items.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-storie ... -23674794/
The whale has become a tourist attraction and people are being warned not to touch it on health grounds.
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/health_warn ... _1_1166250
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