Sperm Whales

I went to Skegness yesterday to pay my respects to those beautiful creatures - I am glad to say everyone else there was very respectful too.  I definitely didn't see any taking selfies!  But one man kept pushing a WPC who was trying to keep him and his camera away.  They were covering two with sand as I was there which I suppose will be a protection against all scavengers.  I also have no idea really what CND has to do with it - and why daub the poor magnificent creatures with that messaga.  Grrr!  I hope they find out the cause of the tragedy. 

There is a picture on face book were a man is trying to take a tooth out of one of them , how sad !

Glad to say three have been removed and last night the guy in charge of the operation spoke with great sensitivity and respect for the creatures.  The picture of the "snout" that had been cut in pieces by a scientist sickened me - no doubt they have to examine the beasts but leaving sawn off bits seems unnecessarily macabre. 

Yes Pip, I saw the piece too. He did speak with great respect re the Whales, then went on to say they will be transported to Sheffied for dumping into a landfill site, as much as it was the truth & no other options available it seemed a very sad end & quite ignominious

It almost seems a waste sending them to landfill. I know we aren't Inuit but one wonders if, since the poor creatures had died anyway, the carcases could not be utilised in some way. 

CY, the local plod had a word to camera regarding potential Scrimshaws who'd been liberating teeth overnight. He pointed out that anyone caught removing anything would be jailed-no ifs or buts. . . .Jailed. No wonder Scrimshaw carries a hefty price tag.

No idea how a local Bobby can decide the punishment!  My solution would be to take back out to sea and let nature take its course

They did mention that Oneputt but they were deemed a hazzard to shipping?  I didn't think they were that big but being a total landlubber I wouldn't argue.  I would have thought nature would take it's course quite quickly.  There were certainly a huge number of "official" looking people hanging around - must have cost a fortune. 

No idea how a local Bobby can decide the punishment!  My solution would be to take back out to sea and let nature take its course

I think that the problem of taking them out to sea is the logistic effort required to do that, and then they'd have to be taken a long way out to stop them being washed back inshore.

Have just heard that the Whale that was washed up last night near Hunstanton has just died. What a great shame. That's now 29 that have been found on the North Sea European beaches this winter. The experts seem to think that they are all young males from the same superpod, but are at a loss to explain what they are doing in the North Sea.