Sightings and Strandings

A lone individual, Swimming very near the shore, Calm sea.

stranded late night - looked like marks of large mesh sized shark nets scars on the body.

When the village children went for a walk in the sea, they saw a dolphin in five to six feet of water and went to see it. W.C.A.W.A. When informed about the incident. Raymond D'Souza and his companions reached the Vadhvan beach and were taken to the WCAWA Center for treatment. The dolphin was approximately 7ft and 40 kg in weight.

2 individuals, both less than 15 ft in length

Code 3

Code 2. The carcass was found during regular patrolling by naturalist Pradip Dingankar and then the forest department took measurement and buried the carcass. Gear entanglement, looking at the types of injuries on the body,

Code 3 - male porpoise ; was bleeding from near the flipper and had rope marks

Code 3 - male dolphin bloated injuries

Code 2, Juveline

Code 2, juveline

fresh carcass - sub adult other than some grazed skin no other external injuries

2M in Length All teeth appeared intact Found on the Shore, 20M in-land Apparent patterned trauma marks on the uppersidel/keel from sharp bite

code 3

Two individuals - one adult and one juvenile or subadult They were foraging around 500m away from the shore. They were observed for 30 mins, mostly snouts and fins could be seen. One jump outside water was recorded.

NA

Ventral part was ruptured

Ventral part was ruptured

It was an individual, most likely a male, who may have floated into the deep ocean. No measurements could be recorded because the carcass was not located again.

Photo ID, dead stranded on the beach

This morning while on morning patrol TREE Foundation’s Sea Turtle Protection Force members Pandian and Sudhakar observed a Dwarf Sperm whale (Kogia sima) washed ashore dead with injuries to its mouth and belly region at Perunduravu, Chengalput District. Based on its teeth count and body structure it was identified as Dwarf Sperm Whale.

three whales, one smaller than the other two were seen moving south by dive staff and fishers. a video was shared by fishers Ram and Vithal.

Dolphins were seen close to shore, breaking the waves with atleast one young one breaching. gropu size of 5-6 indidivuals.

decomposed

Fresh specimen. No data provided other than pictures. Please contact Reefwatch and Goa FD.

spinner dolphin adult charred by sun

Highly decomposed with jaw exposed - code 5

Fresh caracss of a sub adult male dolphin

Decomposed floating carcass not brought to shore

group of 3-5 animals displaying intense socialising, chases, breaches. head to head rubs; body rolls were seen.

decomposed baleen whale carcass with flippers decomposed. ridges not visible.

Fresh carcass code 3 adult male. no ther data with us. please check with reefwatch

a bottlenose dolphin stranded alive with small damage on the tail fluke. Local fishermen pushed it back into the ocean.

Code 3 washed ashore

code 3 adult dolphin. all other info with reefwatch

finless porpoise calf. malnutrition signs. size: 70cm length, 20cm girth.

Azheekal Kollam Kerala, 30 km from the coast.

dead animal washed ashore. no data collected. fd buried the same on the same night.

7-12 dolphins near the shore.

Sighted by naturalists - pod of dolphins close to shore

animal washed ashore - adult - ஆவுடையார்பட்டினம்

Adult dolphin code 4 stranded on rocky seagrass covered shores

Code 3 adult male dolphin stranded at Bhatye beach. No necropsy done.

3-4 Dolphins in the sea. They were circling around the region between two seawalls. We felt that the dolphins were moving closer to the rocky seawall as the evening progressed. The sightings were between 5.15 to 6.30 PM.

Code-3

Total length - 177 cm Snout to anterior insertion of flipper length- 73 cm Anterior length of flippers - 38 cm Posterior length of flippers- 23 cm Beak length - 25 cm Snout to eye length -51 cm width 76 cm

False killer whale calf. Necropsy by Reefwatch found roundworms in the stool which was charcoal black. Tiny cycts on the intestines filled with thin roundworms. ID of species done based on dorsal fin, flipper whale, melon shape. Patterns found on body that correlate with roundworm infection. Anisakiasis Anisakiasis is caused by anisakid roundworms. Humans are not the primary host for these parasites. Anisakid roundworms infest whales, seals, and dolphins; crabs then ingest roundworm eggs from the feces of these animals. In the crabs, the eggs hatch into larvae that can infect fish. The larvae enter the muscles of marine animals further up the food chain, including squid, mackerel, herring, cod, salmon, tuna, and halibut. Humans become accidental hosts when they eat raw or under-cooked fish containing anisakid larvae.

dead adult female washed ashore. has scars on the body. code 2

A male adult dolphin with a huge dorsal fin hump and creases / folds of skin washed ashore on Kannur beach. It was buried and perhaps post mortem was done by the local FD. Code 3

A fishermen crew off tuticorin in deep waters encountered a beaked whale that was caught in its net and was trying to escape. the fishers decided to release the beaked whale that took them close to two hours. A Roberts from the Indian Ocean Fishermen FB and YouTube pages reported the same in the newspaper.

code 3 finless porpoise adult male washed ashore

Adult dugong washed ashore - necropy carried out with WII research team.

Code 3

dolphins sighted by jet skiers

IOHD sub adult washed ashore in code 3 condition.

young dolphin washed ashore

live dugong footage on a drone by Sagar

2 individuals, over 2m long,

Code - 3

Code 2 beaked whale most likely Deraniyagala or Blainvilles

code 3 porpoise adult found by two zoologists

single young sperm whale was sighted on the surface logging and taking breathes by the tourist boat on its way to Barren island.

Code 2. Was reported months later on the network.

2-3 Dolphins spotted. One actively leapt out of water a few times.

10 group size Rough toothed dolphin sighted in between Agatti and Kavaratti route through Vessel Ferry survey.

Code-3 Blue Whale Carcass Whale Diglipur, March 03: A young blue whale measuring 12.2 meter long was washed ashore dead on Smith Island Beach of Diglipur on 2nd March 2022. As per report, Dr. Bhojane Nagnath Martand. Senior Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Hospital, Diglipur conducted the post mortem examination of the carcass of this endangered sea mammal on 02/03/2022 itself on the official request of the Range Officer, WildLife Range Kalara, Diglipur. As per post mortem examination report, 03 cut wounds on the right ventral aspect of neck region were noticed on the body. Post mortem report further revealed that the carcass was showing post mortem ballooning resulting into rupture of skin at right side tail region and oozing of black whitish oily fluid indicating putrefactive changes in internal organs while mouth was widely open, no teeth and protruded ballooned esophageal part through mouth was seen. Left side fin and tail were completely rotten and the skin part completely detached. Internal examination revealed that both the ventricles were empty and black coloured while lungs, liver and other vital organs were in black in colour indicating highly putrefred. Intestines were ballooned and blackening and highly putrefred. A conclusion drawn from the examination details and analysis of the visceral lesions that the blue whale possibly might have died due to severe haemorrhage leading to hypovolemic shock and cardiorespiratory failure. The wild life and territorial staff of the Forest Dept. then cut the carcass into pieces and buried them in a deep trench to finally dispose of the dead whale, the source said.

15 to 18 pilot whales sighted near Bitra island (Lakshadweep)

Around 20 spinner dolphins sighted in between Suheli to Thinnakara route

onlt photo available.

Humpback dolphin An injury and hole was observed between blowhole and dorsal fin Snout to notch of tail fluke- 98" Or 249cm Snout to anterior of dorsal fin- 42" Or 109cm Snout to tip of dorsalfin - 142cm Snout to posterior of dorsal fin- 159 CM Snout to anterior insertion of flipper- 61cm Snout to center or blowhole- 40cm Snout to ear - 48 cm Snout to eye- 40 cm Snout to gape- 33cm Maximum straight width from eye to eye- 25cm Center of eye to gape- 7 cm Eye to ear- 10cm Eye to blowhole- 22cm Blowhole length- 4cm Blowhole width - 4.5 cm Maximum width of flipper- 14 cm Maximum length of flipper - 32cm Flipper tip to axila- 36 cm Dorsal fin height - 23cm Dorsal fin width- 39cm Maximum fluke span - 71cm Maximum width of flute - 23cm Girth of anus- 40 cm Girth at flipper end- 82 cm Girth at eye - 52 cm Girth at anterior of dorsal fin - 76 cm Snout to center of anus- 155 cm Snout to genital slit -155cm Snout to umbelicus- 136cm Notch of fluke to center of anus- 76cm Notch of fluke ro genital- 76cm Notch of fluke ro to umbilicus 93 cm Teeth count - 32 ( left upper) 31 (left lower) 29(right upper) 21(right lower)

2 to 4 individuals; 2 metres long

a single adult humpback whale was seen foraging and spy hopping by fishers. foraging including tail slaps, flipper slaps in one location.

Code - 3

code 4

code 4

Code-4

Code-4

A calf with fetal folds

length 65 cm, width 30 cm

Code-4, a small individual possibly juvenile, melon swollen

buried by FD, coordinates taken

length 150 cm, width 45 cm, code 3

Length 59 ft, entangled in nets and looks skinny. Probably a blue whale

A decaying body with skin heavily peeled off, perhaps a calf

A calf perhaps. Found on a sandy shore

Code-3, skin peeled off in a few places

a 14 ft long individual

Number of individuals: 2 Assuming a mother and juvenile. There is a video available on YouTube of this attached here. We can see two whales breathing and one tail fluke was seen before a dive.

A dead, bloated adult with skin peeling off

Length :2-3metres; pod size:2-3

Code 2, 260cm length and 66cm girth.

a just born calf.

A female with no signs of plastic ingestion or pregnancy

Code 4, Abdominal area is totally ripped open with exposed repro and dig organs Length and girth as noted seem to be wrong(length of 46cm) based on photos

Code 2 all other details with Manisha . Fishing net in the gut.

Code-2, length around 1.6m

Code 2. length: 2.3m and girth: 55cm, female, died due to ingestion of fishing net.

length 1m, girth 1 ft, code 4

Code-3, around 48 pairs of teeth on the lower jaw

Code 2. Calf. Attended by fd and wl rescuers. Post mortem conducted and buried.

Code 2. Necroposy performed, Forest Department came and later buried

Code 2. Had fishing net in its gut. measurements taken.

Code 4.

Stranded animal

Single individual washed ashore

Stranded animal.

Length 1.20m juvenile; curved fin; bruising on both sides A clean carcass, although there are a couple of tiny cuts that could be from monofilament but, they seem to be only on one side and not wrapping around the body, so may only be cuts from rocks or con specifics The big linear cut on the left thorax looks like teeth marks of some type

Code 4

Unided remains

length 1m

2 Dolphins, Code 4 One is 2m and other 1.5m Smelling too much for the lifeguards to go close, buried on Panchayat's orders

Code 3. Length 2.3m

Code 4

2 Baleen Whales, later identified as Omura's Whale were spotted during a ferry based observation from Port Blair to Swaraj Dweep (Havelock Island).

Specimen of humpback dolphin found dead. Reasons for death not known.

Stranded animal

Stranded animal

Stranded animal

Stranded animal

Finless porpoise.

Nine dolphins seen in the near shore waters, about 50feet from shore following a shore-bound fishing boat and then prancing in the shallow waters, moving along the shore. they are often seen association with artisanal fishers in the season when fish school closer to shore. A conversation between myself and local fishers took place and artisanal fishers say that dolphins are liked as they are a sign of fish presence.