Maritime New Zealand and the Department of Conservation are unaware of reports coming in to SunLive of another dead whale being found in the Bay of Plenty.
Volunteers work to save a whale stranded on Papamoa Beach last week. Photo: Ross Brown.
SunLive's Facebook page has been messaged saying there is a dead whale at Otarawaiwere Bay between Whakatane and Ohope, but none of the official sources have been able to confirm this report so far.
On Friday, two adult Gray's beaked whales and a juvenile one stranded at Papamoa.
The juvenile whale died.
There was also a dead pygmy sperm whale found further down the beach towards the cut.
Keep checking SunLive for more information on this wildlife find.
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2 comments
any results?
Posted on 02-11-2011 13:12 | By bryceh
and the dead juvenile was to be autopsied for a cause of death... Has anyone heard the outcome of this autopsy?
Casue of Death
Posted on 02-11-2011 15:37 | By Demali
read the follow story http://sunlive.co.nz/news/18090-whale-deaths-ruled-natural-causes.html and you will find the answers to the cause of death from the other whales
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