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DeadSeraph
Appears to be a young blue whale:
BASSPLYR
reply to post by gardener
It looks like a Sei Whale to me. Has the right shape. Looks too slender to be a blue whale. Also the coloring of the flippers seems wrong to be a blue whale. I think Blues have white on the bottom of their flippers.
I've never imagined such huge whales can die from being caught in a mere fisherman's net!
Riffrafter came closest. In fact, it's a Bryde's whale — unmistakably identifiable (if you know your whales) by the three ridges on the head — the central one running from the blowholes to the rostrum, and the other two flaring away to either side. Only Bryde's whales have this feature, and it is one of the ways in which we distinguish them from sei or fin whales. Here's a picture:
In the video, you can see the triple ridge quite distinctly when the animal is being lifted on to the trailer.
Awesome find! I for one didnt notice any triple ridge. I was overwhelmed by the scoop shape of the lower jaw.