Dead whale at Juhu: 8 previous times mammals washed ashore in Mumbai

A 35-foot-long whale washed ashore at the Juhu beach in Mumbai on Thursday evening. This is the 9th such instance of dead mammals washing ashore in Mumbai since 2015.

A 35-foot-long whale washed ashore at the Juhu beach in Mumbai on Thursday evening. This is the 9th such instance of dead mammals washing ashore in Mumbai since 2015.

A 35-foot-long dead whale washed ashore on Thursday night at Mumbai’s Juhu beach. (Hindustan Times)

Carcasses of 38 baleen whales were washed ashore recently near the Tiruchendur beach in Tamil Nadu while more than 250 whales stranded in shallow waters were pushed back into the deep sea.

Here is a list of eight other incidents reported last year in Mumbai.

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