Not sure what happened just now when I went to start this and a blank blog suddenly published itself!
A couple of weeks ago the body of an enormous sei whale was washed up on Carcass Island on a beach near the North West Point (fortunately well away from the settlement).
When it was found by the island's owner there were hundreds of giant petrels around it. They had gorged so much on the whale that they were too heavy to take off.
The whale was estimated to be between 56 and 58 feet long. It was lying with its head towards the sea and there were no obvious injury marks. Sei are the most common whales in these waters but are very shy.
A couple of weeks ago the body of an enormous sei whale was washed up on Carcass Island on a beach near the North West Point (fortunately well away from the settlement).
When it was found by the island's owner there were hundreds of giant petrels around it. They had gorged so much on the whale that they were too heavy to take off.
The whale was estimated to be between 56 and 58 feet long. It was lying with its head towards the sea and there were no obvious injury marks. Sei are the most common whales in these waters but are very shy.
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