tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809917733664381499.post4954796508684184848..comments2023-05-17T03:27:17.760-07:00Comments on Sussex Marine Wildlife Jottings: Dead Porpoise, PeacehavenSteve Savagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16774164494738837214noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809917733664381499.post-34952260508401296472013-04-10T03:49:39.752-07:002013-04-10T03:49:39.752-07:00Sorry, I meant to say 'adult harbour porpoises...Sorry, I meant to say 'adult harbour porpoises' are 3.5 metres, for some reason I just seem to have seals on my mind! lolElaine Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04274540857974458254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809917733664381499.post-63050911328432002412013-04-10T03:48:05.187-07:002013-04-10T03:48:05.187-07:00Yes Caroline, that's correct, it was a metre l...Yes Caroline, that's correct, it was a metre long :) Adult seals are 3.5 metres long so this one wasn't fully grown yet.Elaine Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04274540857974458254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809917733664381499.post-85890089936321640062013-04-10T00:46:23.230-07:002013-04-10T00:46:23.230-07:00a metre then :)a metre then :)Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951757345496749987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809917733664381499.post-37841163359140570382013-04-09T10:07:38.983-07:002013-04-09T10:07:38.983-07:00It was a sub adult. I had my tape measure with me ...It was a sub adult. I had my tape measure with me and it measured exactly 40 inches long. CSIP (Cetacean Stranding Investigation Program) did a PM on this harbour porpoise as well as 8 others that stranded over the past few weeks. Basically what they said was that most of the ones they'd examined had died from infectious diseases and that the mortality rate was higher this year due to the cold water being an additional stressor and causing more deaths then usual. Elaine Brown, BDMLR Elaine Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04274540857974458254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809917733664381499.post-16221430758267126692013-03-25T06:47:46.442-07:002013-03-25T06:47:46.442-07:00:(
How big was it?
Hard to tell from this pictur...:( <br />How big was it? <br />Hard to tell from this picture.Paolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16974006583820538906noreply@blogger.com