Picture No | 10512198 |
Date | January 1950 |
Description | Decomposing whale carcass |
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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.
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Source | Illustrated London News 21 January 1950 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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