Dead whale found on remote beach in Plover Cove Country Park
The 10.8-metre-long female was found in shallow waters off Hung Shek Mun
The bloated carcass of a whale the length of a bus has been found at a remote beach in the New Territories' northeastern tip.
The 10.8-metre-long animal, found beached in an inner bay off Hung Shek Mun, in Plover Cove Country Park, was thought to be a female Bryde's whale.
When marine experts arrived yesterday morning, the rotting carcass was lying partially submerged in the shallow water, giving off a stench. It had a number of cuts on its body.
About 10 government and Ocean Park experts in protective gear were still inspecting the dead whale early yesterday evening. Police said a hiker had reported seeing a "huge fish" floating off Hung Shek Mun on Saturday evening.
"It looks like a Bryde's whale," Dolphin Conservation Society chairman Samuel Hung Ka-yiu said after seeing footage and pictures of the animal on the news. "It could have died at sea and then drifted in."