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Baby seal washes up on bank of River Thames in WEST London park – some 100 miles inland from estuary

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A lone seal pup has been sighted a long way from home in an unusually upstream location on the River Thames in west London.    Locals kept their distance as they gathered around the wild creature who was spotted outside of Syon Park, in Isleworth, yesterday, at 1.30pm – around 100 miles inland from the Thames Estuary. … Read more

Huge sperm whale washes up dead on Norfolk mudbank before tide carries its body further out to sea 

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Huge sperm whale washes up dead on Norfolk mudbank before tide carries its body further out to sea The dead sperm whale was spotted beached in The Wash on the Norfolk coast It was lying a mile out from Snettisham Beach but has now been carried by tide Locals Jacky and Andy McKee reported it to UK … Read more

Dead shark washes up on Libyan beach with 11-inch swordfish ‘blade’ in its back

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Dead shark washes up on Libyan shore with an 11 inch ‘blade’ stuck in its back that belonged to a six-foot-long swordfish A dead shark was found on a Libyan beach that was killed by a swordfish  An 11-inch rostrum, the swordfish’s nose, was pulled from the sharks back  Experts say the attacked happened about three … Read more

2.5m leatherback turtle washes up dead on Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast 

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Endangered 2.5m leatherback turtle weighing 500kgs washes up dead on an Australian beach for the first time in 16 years The male turtle was found on Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast on Wednesday The endangered species is believed to be aged between 30 and 50 years old Marine scientists said it’s ‘extremely uncommon’ for … Read more

2.5m leatherback turtle washes up dead on Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast 

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Endangered 2.5m leatherback turtle weighing 500kgs washes up dead on an Australian beach for the first time in 16 years The male turtle was found on Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast on Wednesday The endangered species is believed to be aged between 30 and 50 years old Marine scientists said it’s ‘extremely uncommon’ for … Read more

NSW: A SECOND dead whale washes ashore Casaurina Beach – a week after another whale died on beach

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A SECOND dead whale washes ashore bringing warnings of lurking sharks close to a string of popular beaches Another whale carcass washed up on Casuarina Beach, in northern NSW, The mature female pilot whale was found by beachgoers on Tuesday morning It comes after another dead whale washed up on the same beach on October … Read more