Sightings and Strandings

Young fresh carcass, with propellor cuts from large vessel on the tail stock.

Code 3, sunburnt

Code 3

Code 3 - a young animal of apprx 1m. has fetal curves

Code 3 - male porpoise with circular scars and injury near flipper.

Code 3 - female adult

Code 3

Code 3. SUnburnt carcass

Code 3, juveline

Code 3

maximum baleen plates were approximately 50, but could not identify the midline. It is suspected to be a Brydes (42-56 pleats), Sei (40-66) would be unlikely range wise, blues, fins, and Omuras all have pleat counts >80, and its not likely to be a Minke of any kind given then range. But impossible to be sure without some DNA or a skull.

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.

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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

Code 2. Juveline

highly decomposed

Highly decomposed and charred by the sun .

Evening time - while sailing about 300m from shore off La Marina, a lone large 2+ m dolphin, Sousa, headed North.

Carcass stranded in highly decomposed state. code 4

Fresh carcass. Female adult. Has one deep linear cut under the left flipper. Possible net entanglement sign around the neck.

tursiops calf with rake marks, gas build up under the skin and injury to the fluke

More than one meter in length. Found dead near the shore. Total two individuals

fresh finless porpoise calf about 2ft long, no marks or injuries

decomposed carcass found on the beach. it was buried by the next day.

adult carcass washed shore code 3. no other data available with us. please check with reefwatch foundation.

carcass floating at the waters edge. Adult male

Large pod of Sousa dolphins, about 20+(?) in number, close to shore, off the Pondy promenade. About an hour ago. Headed North.

code 3 specimen adult. All other info with reefwatch

Two large (>2m) dolphins, Sousa, about 200m off the Pondy new lighthouse.

socialising dolphins in the bay

Given the position of the dorsal fin, the shape of the flippers and the shape of the rostrum, this has been identified as a Pygmy killer whale. It is a male adult.

pod of 7-12 dolphins this morning - they were very close to the shore

Two individuals (approx 1m, 50cm) found stranded about a km apart at Kannur beach.

2 pods at 6-6:15 am , going north, 200 m from shore. first pod ~ 6, second pod - 5 to 6

Code 3 adult individual

Carcass code 4 - eye sockets and flippers decomposed or eaten. Newspaper article attached. The Hindutan Times August 19th 2022, Kolkata.

No data were collected. Informed Forest Department. at least 2 days olsd. Wounds and scratches on the body.

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.

The total length of the Animal was 11 meters. Half of the body was completely decayed. The mammal was noticed in the intertidal region and based on Photo Id it was identified as a Bryde's Whale.

Code 2, young female still on mother's milk (milk found in the tract), entangled in fishing net, possible trauma shock, rake marks on the head.

Code-1, Live stranding

Juvenile found beached live at rushikonda of Visakhapatnam alone. The length is approximately 5 feet from the photo.

code 2 -

live blue whale entrapped in a purse seine net. fishermen say that they cut the net and released the whale

Code 4,

length around 4 ft

length around 28 ft

a subadult buried by FD, coordinates taken

Code 2

length 65 cm

A 57ft baleen whale with circumference of 22ft landed in Code 3. A female with swollen teats. Ventral pleats end just before navel. There was a bhekti net entangled around fluke and tail stock showing it was a post entanglement mortality. According to Bob Brownell, the animal seems to be very thin; or could have starved after entanglement as they survive days and weeks after such entanglement.

Found dead in the morning around 9:15am, was taken by KCIC and buried.

the carcass was decompopsed

Released back by locals

no data collected before burying. carcass was in code 3. only pictures attached here.

A small decayed dolphin carcass. Perhaps a Humpback dolphin

Code 2. All other details with Reefwatch

Code-3, Male

No measurements taken.

Code - 2

total length is 5.3m as per forest officials. Male. Some signs of fishing gear as seen in picture - linear parallel lines on right side of belly. Bleeding seen from the right eye. Linear mark on the left side of belly too. A bruise seen on the left belly.

Code 3, length 2m; girth 45cm - has a strange deforming with the posterier edge of the dorsal fin /hump extending over the tail stock too. see pictures.

Code 3; approx length 2.5ft

A pod of dolphins, around 5-7 were swimming. southward, visible from the shore. 845 am, at Neelankarai kottivakam side, Chennai Tamil Nadu. About 8 of them was heading from north to south direction towards Kovalam, Chennai

Description of dead Spinner Dolphin. Weight: 45 Kg. Lenth-5'9” Upper Teeth-39 pair Lower Teeth-46pair

Lower jaws: right and left: 7 teeth. Pregnant female Compounder checked for pregnancy

Code 3 slight bloating. Female. Bleeding mouth

Floating about 4.5km from shore. 25'-30' long. Male Greatly decomposed as can be seen in the video. Net (gill) entangled around the tail.

Code 3, ; length 5ft 10inches, girth 2ft 3inches -

Code 3

Code 4 Dolphin at Calangute 5 point. Samples collected, measurements taken. Spoken with FD, animal being buried.

Dead animal

Info from Hitarth Tol, Surat

mosty likely to be Tursiops

Found Sperm whale dead and stranded with multiple points of damage

Code-1

adult male. 2.5m

Code 4 Length 2.5, Breadth 0.6 m Too decomposed for post mortem

Code 4

Stranded finless porpoise

Stranded animal

Code 4

orca

Female, adult Length 2m Had very engorged mammary glands with a milky fat exudate that looked like she was lactating before her death. Teeth present only in lower jaw. Very putrefied, category 4 Necropsy by Shantanu Kalambi

Stranded animal

Stranded animal

Stranded animal

Live stranding, locals tried to get animal back to sea. Restranded.

Stranded animal

An unidentified baleen whale was spotted in sea by fishermen.

Code-4

Approximately 100cm and within hightide range.