Marbella:Having a whale of a time

A 15 metre long finback whale, estimated to weigh three tons, which appeared yesterday afternoon on the La Petunia beach in Marbella has died.
It’s the largest whale ever to reach the Costa del Sol and will now be removed from the beach after an autopsy has taken place. The news was given by the Regional Environment Councillor, Ignacio Trillo.
Some 3,000 people gathered on the beach to watch the spectacle as some experts in small boats tried to get the animal back out to sea. The animal had reached the beach under its own steam, and had some injuries to its skin, thought to have come from being beaten against rocks. Its natural habitat is the water of the Alborán Sea.

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