Sightings and Strandings

Code 4 - buried at site. no samples. adult animal. rope on the tail - ribs expopsed near the flipper - carcass open around the ribs..

Blue whales and Orca's seen in the same area.

code 3 adult finless porpoise. there seem to be small circular patches near the flipper - could be blunt trauma

fresh carcass with only some skin peeling at tail stock, flipper, anal region

Code 3 male adult. the throat seems to have a scar around it ventrally seen clotting on throat region; injuries on lower jaw, dorsally ripped with digestive tract exposed. penis exposed. beak wide open.

Four individuals, one of them a calf.

Condition code- 4

Condition code- 3; internal organs have spilled out and skin sloughed off

Condition code- 3; bloated and an injury in the belly is seen.

Condition code-3; Length- 132cm, Breadth- 27cm and sunburnt

Condition code- 2; has rake marks over the body

Condition Code-4; internal organs spilled out from the ventral side and some marks are observed on the head.

Condition code-4; skin is almost sloughed off and sunburnt. Pectoral fins and fluke are missing.

Condition code: 4; the dolphin carcass appears putrefied and slightly bloated.

Condition code- 3; the animal has rake marks and is sunburnt and bloated. Individual is a male since the penis can be seen and has all the teeth intact.

Condition code: 4, the species was identified as Indian Ocean Humpback dolphin. The dolphin's internal organs had come out from the genital region and the body appears decayed.

Condition code: 1; the dolphin was alive when it was stranded and has been released back into the waters by people. It appeared to be thin and had some marks on the trunk region.

Condition code- 4; internal organs spilled out through a slit on the ventral side

Condition code- 2; skin sloughed off from the ventral side

Condition code- 4; fluke seems to be injured

Two indopacific pods going south were spotted just off the Pondicherry beach. The first pod size was 15 individuals and the second pod had 7 individuals

Condition code- 3; the animal seems bloated

Condition code-3; skin sloughing off and the individual is a male (penis can be seen)

Condition code-4; internal organs have spilled out

Condition code-4; carcass looks bloated.

Condition code- 4; animal looks bloated.

Condition code-5

Condition code- 5, body length is 12 mts.

Condition code-4; Total length-24 ft, teeth count- upperjaw left :9 or 10 ; lowerjaw left 11

Condition code- 4; internal organs have spilled out.

Condition code- 4, Individual is a male. Internal organs have spilled out.

Condition code- 3; bloated and skin sloughed off.

Condition code-1; A live Pygmy Killer Whale was stranded and released back into the waters by fishers and the coastal staff reported that it seems healthy. The individual was a sub-adult and 2 other whales of the same kind were seen in vicinity while a larger group was seen by the fishers from a long distance.

Code 4. Fluke missing

Possibly Bryde's whale sighted in shallow waters

Code 4

Code 2

Code 3. Fluke missing

Code 4. 12m long carcass

Code 2

Single live animal

code - 3

code -4

code-2 The dolphin measured roughly 10-12 feet and was fresh in condition. The carcass was discarded by the BMC soon after being found. https://www.instagram.com/middayindia/p/C4uK3vNo2MW/?img_index=1

code - 3

Code 2 The female dolphin measured 6.3ft in length. Its tailed had been cut off.

code-2 It was a young male full of non bleeding rake marks, probably due to its group members trying to keep it afloat.

code-4

Multiple individuals. Observed bowriding.

Group size: 7 individuals, 1 calf. Distance from shore: approx 2 - 3 kms Behaviour: Travelling/Milling

Dead stranding code 3

One dead stranding recorded on the shore. The specimen was probably more than 5 feet in total length. All the fins and tail had injuries or cuts. Total length 2.21 m (7.3 ft).

Dead stranding code 3 Snout to melon- Snout to blow hole- 6cms snout to centre of eye- 9cms snout to fluke notch - 109 cms snout to anterior insertion of flipper- 24cms snout to centre of genital aperture - 67cms snout to centre of anus- 77cms snout to centre of umbilicus 55cms flipper length (tip to axilla)- 19cms flipper length (tip to anterior insertion)-14cms flipper width - 7.5cms fluke span- 30.5cms fluke width- 11cms Girth axillary- 68cms Max girth/girth at flipper end - 76cm Girth at level of anus- 46cms Blowhole length- 2cms Blowhole width - 2cms eye to blowhole -12.5cms eye to ear- 7cms Snout to gape- 5.8 cms eye to eye - 24cms Notch of fluke to centre of anus- 30.8cms notch of fluke to centre of genital aperture -42cms notch of fluke to umbilicus - 50cms Centre of eye to gape- 5.2cms TEETH COUNT left upper -8 left lower -10

Length: 150 cm; Breadth: 65 cm

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Length: 46 feet; Max height at centre: 9' 7". VErydecomposed. Gut empty. VEry thin. Significant emphysema in the lungs.

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.

Only attached pic available. looks like a sub adult with net marks

Looks like some kind of stenella. Video attached but it is backlit.

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.

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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

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.