DEAD HUMPBACK WHALE
STRANDED AMONG ROCKS BEACH NEAR WELLINGTON QBY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] , WELLINGTON, Sunday Tho dead body of a 30ft. humpback whale was washed ashore at Lyall Bay on Saturday afternoon's tide. It stranded among tho rocks at the western end of the beach and was left high and dry at the ebb. During tho week-end thousands of spectators flocked to seo it. Tho whale appeared to have been dead for some weeks, for decomposition was well advanced. The water teemed with blind eels. Thoy had followed tho dead whalo into tho bay, finding their way by scent.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23418, 7 August 1939, Page 10
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99DEAD HUMPBACK WHALE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23418, 7 August 1939, Page 10
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