Decomposing whale carcass
The decomposing body of a Sei whale, washed ashore on the beach at Suez on 3 January 1950 following a storm. Initially, there was speculation that this was a mysterious sea creature, with large protruding tusks. More careful examination revealed that the tusks were the lower jawbones, revealed by decomposition
Picture No
10512198
Media ID
46049824
Size
5000px x 3511px
(3.1MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustrated London News 21 January 1950
Date
January 1950
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