Around a 100 fin whales got washed up on a beach, 600km from Chennai, in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district on Tuesday morning. According to officials, the whales seem to be disoriented as they returned to the shore even after being put back in the water.
In August, the carcass of a 33-feet-long whale was on a beach near a village in Nagapattinam district.
The fin whale is the second largest mammal in the world.
UPDATE: Out of 81 whales that had washed up on a beach in Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu) 45 dead, 36 rescued by fishermen. pic.twitter.com/44Diu31nYN
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WATCH: Around 50 Small Fin Whales beached in Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu since last evening, number of them dead https://t.co/lyC7aMDZxv
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