Carcass of 25-foot-long whale shark washed ashore in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram

Ramanathapuram: In a rare Incident, a 25-foot-long whale shark was found washed ashore at Valinokkam seashore on Sunday (August 30).
An official of the Sayalkudi forest team said, “Found the decomposed whale shark near the fishing harbour seashore in Valinokkam. The whale had injuries in the nose part and could have succumbed to injuries three days ago. It should have suffered injuries after hitting a fishing vessel as the Palk Bay region had no rocks unlike the Gulf of Mannar.”
The whale shark weighed around 7 tonnes, measured 25 foot in length and 7 foot in circumference. It was buried at the shore. A local veterinary surgeon conducted the post-mortem. It was the second whale shark to be found washed ashore this year. In March, forest officials had found a whale shark washed ashore at Mookaiyur seashore in Sayalkudi.