Muscat: A 14-metre dead humpback whale was found Wednesday evening ashore at Hasik beach of Sadah province, southern part of Oman.
Jama’n Malhi, head of Sadah Municipality Service Centre, said that the matter was reported to the Environment Research Centre in Hasik area for further action.
Team was sent on Thursday to the beach for necropsy to determine the cause of death, an official at the Ministry of Environment and Fisheries said on Thursday.
Humpback whales inhabiting the Arabian Sea are the most genetically distinct humpback whales in the world — and may be the most isolated whale population on earth — according to the Environment Society of Oman (ESO).
20 species of whales and dolphins
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries figures shows that Oman is home to almost 20 species of whales and dolphins, accounting for over a quarter of the world’s species.
There are no current figures about the exact number of Humpback whales in the Omani waters.
Bryde’s Whales or Tropical Whales, Blue Whales, Humpback Whales, Sperm Whales, Dwarf Sperm Whales, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale, Pygmy Killer Whales, Melon-Headed Whales and False Killer Whale are the famous types of whales that visit Omani waters.
