TROIS CACHALOTS MEURENT ... AUX PHILIPPINES !


En français le Sperm Wale se nomme le cachalot et sa chasse est interdite depuis 1982 après que la population de ces cétacés ait été décimée.

Deux autres de ces animaux ont été retrouvés échoués sur des plages de la Union et de Zambales, au Nord-ouest de Luzon il a de cela quelques jours. 
Mais les animaux sont morts malgré les efforts des sauveteurs pour les amener dans des eaux plus profondes.

A 52-footer pregnant sperm whale was found dead floating offshore east of this city, officials said Wednesday.

Lieutenant Commander Elizer Dalnay, of the Zamboanga Coast Guard Station (ZCGS), said the whale was spotted by combined Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) personnel around 6:12 a.m. Wednesday 1.5 nautical miles north of Sacol Island, east of this city.


Dalnay said the PCG and BFAR personnel were aboard the BFAR marine surveillance ship traveling to Zamboanga City coming from the nearby province of Basilan "when they spotted" the great sperm whale.

City Veterinarian Dr. Mario Arriola said the dead whale found in this city was pregnant. He could not, however, estimate the whale's period of pregnancy.


ZAMBOANGA. The pregnant Great Sperm Whale lies dead at the port of Zamboanga after a mechanical crane lifted it off from the water.
Ramil Dela Cruz, a member of the BFAR Marine Mamals Stranding Response Team, said the sperm whale could be dead for the past two days "before it was found this morning."

The cause of the death of the sperm whale was natural sickness, Dela Cruz said, though it could be noted that there were some holes and scratches on the whale's carcass.

"It was not known as of yet how the giant marine mammal had died, but the monsoon waves must have swept it ashore off Sacol Island," Arriola said.

It is estimated to be weighing around 30 tons, according to Dela Cruz.
The sperm whale was towed to the port of Zamboanga, where it was loaded on to an 18-wheeler trailer truck by a mechanical crane.

The authorities here decided to bury the whale at the fish cemetery of the Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology.

The discovery of the sperm whale in Zamboanga was the third since Monday in the entire country. Two other sperm whales were found stranded on the beaches of Zambales and La Union provinces earlier this week.

The sperm whales found stranded on the beaches of Zambales and La Union provinces died on Monday and Tuesday, respectively, despite efforts to save them. They have wounds all over their body, authorities said.

The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is a marine mammal species under order Cetacea. It is a toothed whale (odontocete) having the largest brain of any creature known to have lived on earth, according to the National Geographic. Its name reportedly comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head.

The National Geographic said in its website that whalers once believed that the oily fluid was sperm, but scientists still do not understand the function of spermaceti.

One common theory is that the fluid, which hardens to wax when cold, helps the whale alter its buoyancy so it can dive deep and rise again, as sperm whales are known to dive as deep as 3,280 feet (1,000 meters) in search of squid to eat, it added.

Les  cétacés auraient peut-être été victimes de conditions de mer spéciales ; certaines régions ayant été frappées par des vagues inhabituelles et qui se sont formées de manière inexplicable. 
Comments are Welcome,
Expériences, avis, critiques et commentaires, comme d’habitude sont les bienvenus.
Retouvez-moi en français sur : 
www.expatauxphilippines.blogspot.com 





Mon petit livre 
“101 façons de Générer des Revenus aux Philippines, pour y vivre’’ est maintenant disponible. 

Vous trouverez plus d’information sur la page ‘’Books’’





OFFREZ-LUI UN CADEAU !Ce qui est fortement apprécié en ce moment :
Load pour son cellphone, P300 / P600 / P900 / P1.500 …
En Smart, Globe ou Sun Cellular
Elle peut ainsi vous parler pendant des dizaines de minutes et envoyer des centaines de messages,
Connexion Internet prépayée.
Consultez la page ‘’Offrez-lui un cadeau’’ !



  EST-ELLE réelle ?
              Est-elle celle qu’elle
                Prétend être ?

  Enquêtes et Investigations
                   Aux Philippines







Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

OUR LADY ... OF MANAOAG !

Image
INDULGENCES FOR MANAOAG VISITORS Our Lady of Manaoag   (formally:   Nuestra Señora del Santissimo Rosario de Manaoag,   literal translation:   Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Manaoag ) is a title given to the   Blessed Virgin Mary , associated with a statue in  Manaoag,  Pangasinan   said to be from the 16th century. She is the patroness of the sick, the helpless and the needy. The church is one of the   Philippines ' most widely visited   Roman Catholic   Pilgrimage   sites. Many people from across the   Philippine archipelago come and visit the town of Manaoag, where the statue of the   Blessed Virgin Mary   is enshrined in a church dedicated to this name. The church is administered by the   Dominican Order   in the   Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan , located in   Manaoag ,   Pangasinan , about 200 kilometers north of Manila. The original image of the Our Lady of Manaoag was bro...
Read more

UN KAPRE ... A MALACANANG ?

Image
Don Miguel Perez Rubio, President Benigno Aquino III’s chief protocol officer, usually utters “Hello, Mr. Brown" whenever he passes by the old balete tree in front of the state entrance of Malacañang Palace. “Mr. Brown," Perez Rubio told reporters Monday, is a benevolent kapre who calls the more than a century old tree his home. A kapre is a Philippine mythical creature described as a tall, hairy male who always smokes big tobacco pipe. Perez Rubio said he utters the greeting to avoid any misfortune that might befall him if he ignores “Mr Brown," whom he said had once raised a security guard high off the ground. He said the creature also once scared a limousine driver by towering over his car. So far, no one has been hurt by “Mr Brown." And perhaps he will not have a reason to, especially now that President Aquino has officially proclaimed the aforementioned balete tree (Ficus concinma) as a Heritage Tree. On Monday, President Aquino led the ceremonial ...
Read more

UN TROU ... A CEBU !

Image
Pas étonnant, compte tenu de la composition calcaire de nombreuses  îles de l'archipel. Fortes pluies dues au phénomène de la mousson, eaux acides et sous-sol calcaire et la terre s'enfonce. First some ground cracks, then a loud explosion. Soil collapsed, forming a large hole in the middle of a quiet farm of Dumanjug town, southwest Cebu. The sudden appearance yesterday of a 20-meter-wide sinkhole surprised town folk in barangay Cambuang who looked with fear at a pit that had swallowed a mango tree and an electric pole. “In all my 44 years, this is the first time I’ve experienced something like this here,” said barangay captain Jojo Quirante. But environment officials said a sinkhole was not unusual in Cebu terrain that is made of limestone and karst. Sinkholes can also be found in Alcoy town and other parts of Cebu because of the geological formation, said Eddie Llamedo, spokesman of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 in Cebu City. “It’...
Read more