A gigantic carcass of a 40-ft-long whale was found on Tuesday washed ashore from the Arabian Sea on the remote Mardes Beach in Maharashtra’s Vasai on Tuesday.
The locals after spotting the carcass, which was weighing over 30 tonnes, summoned forest officials who rushed there to ascertain the mammal’s species. The carcass was decomposing rapidly and letting off a strong suffocating stench in the entire vicinity.
However, the officials failed to ascertain the species as the creature was already highly decomposed.
They surmised that the gigantic marine creature may have died in August and was tossed in the waves to the beach during high tide where it was found this afternoon.
“It’s very difficult to remove and dispose off the huge and bulky carcass…We will try to bury it on the beach itself to prevent stray dogs from devouring it and rid the area of the reeking stench,” said one official.
Meanwhile, a lot of locals attracted by the unusual sight came trooping to click selfies or videos featuring the massive dead marine mammal.
