A female sperm whale cub, dragged by the current, was found last night on the Roman coast of Ostia.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himA female 'pink' sperm whale cub, dragged by the current, has beached in the southern area of the coast of Ostia.
The corpse of the Physeter macrocephalus surfaced last night around 18.30. To notice the bathers who were on the beach of the Amerigo Vespucci seafront; he was then brought back to shore around 20.30. He had a deep wound on his stomach, most likely caused by a boat propeller.
The cetacean that washed ashore had probably been dead for several days already, given the advanced state of decomposition in which the body poured, which gives the characteristic 'pink' color ..
After receiving a report, the Harbor Master's Office and the researchers of the Oceanomare Delphis Onlus immediately went to the site, who have been involved in a project for the study and protection of dolphins in the sea of Rome for some time.
Now the body has been recovered pending an autopsy which will have to explain the causes of death.
We are facing the second case of stranding occurred in Lazio, after what last December had interested a whale beached and died on the island of Ponza.
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