By IANS
Puri : A 40-feet-long dead whale was found washed ashore at the Tandadhar beach of Bay of Bengal in Orissa's Puri district, officials said Thursday.
The body of the endangered marine mammal bearing injury marks was spotted by some fishermen in the district, about 65 km from capital Bhubaneswar, Wednesday, a local forest official said.
The whale was perhaps hit by a ship in the deep sea and was washed ashore after it had died, the official added.