12 Whales Beached to Their Deaths at Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara

Ikram added that there is plenty of evidence about the whales’ plight.

“Forensic evidence of the [whale’s] remains showed that their bodies scraped the reefs, which means they were trapped in shallow water,” he noted. “This means that it was too late for the whales to head to deeper waters, and so they were trapped on the beach at low tide.”

Ikram urged the public to inform the authorities if another whale washed up on the beach, so he and other officials can promptly rescue the cetaceans.

(Writer: Sigiranus Marutho Bere, Kupang Contributor | Editors: Dony Aprian, Robertus Belarminus)

Sources: 

https://regional.kompas.com/read/2020/08/02/18511651/sepanjang-juli-2020-12-ekor-paus-terdampar-dan-mati-di-perairan-ntt. 

https://regional.kompas.com/read/2020/07/31/21420471/ini-penyebab-belasan-paus-terdampar-di-ntt?page=all#page2.