The Appearance Of The 3 Ton Sperm Whale Carcave Buried On Bali Beach

The carcass of a sperm whale or macrocephalian physeter was finally buried on Banyuning Beach, Bunutan Village, Abang District, Karangasem Regency, Bali./DOK BKSDA Bali

DENPASAR - The carcass of a sperm whale or macrocephalian physeter was finally buried on Banyuning Beach, Bunutan Village, Abang District, Karangasem Regency, Bali.

Whale carcasses weighing about 3 tons were buried using heavy equipment after previously being found floating in the waters of Lipah Beach.

Head of the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) of Bali Province, Ratna Hendratmoko, said that based on the results of examination and identification of the type, the stranded whales were male macrocephalus whales with a body length of 12.65 meters, 2.2 meters wide and weighing approximately 2 to 3 tons.

"Based on the results of physical necropsy, the carcass of the sperm whale when found was incomplete, the lower jaw was not intact, with the identification of the cut, the fin of the back and the base of the tail were also cut off, and the left fin was broken," said Ratna, in a written statement, Monday, November 18.

He explained that the estimated whale death estimate was more than 24 hours.

Based on the agreement of the parties, the handling of the whale carcass was carried out by burial at the location where the whales were stranded, namely at Banyuning Beach, Karangasem.

"This refers to standard operating procedures (SOP) for handling stranded mammals. Fertilization at around 13.30 WITA witnessed by the parties," he added.

Ratna also appealed to the community around the coast on the island of Bali, to report if there were whales or other large mammals stranded on the beach, either alive or dead, through the resort of the local Bali KSDA Hall.

"We express our appreciation to the parties, especially the people of Bunutan Village who have reported and helped handle the presence of stranded whales," he said.