Mystery as dead 'dolphin' body appears 3km inland

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Mystery as dead 'dolphin' body appears 3km inland

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Somefin strange is going on: Mystery as dead 'dolphin' body appears 3km inland
Animal carcass baffles locals after it is found miles inshore in Co. Donegal.
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Mystery surrounds the discovery of what appears to be 'an unusual species of dolphin' almost 3km inland off the Donegal coastline. The dead creature was discovered at Meenbanad near Burtonport.

The 'dolphin', which has distinctive black and white markings, has injuries to its head but it is not known how it died. It had been thought locally it was a 'young killer whale'. The area where the creature was found is known as 'The Leifin', which has a council waterworks close by.

Local woman Niamh Bonner, who found 'the dolphin', said people are baffled as to how it ended up in the hills.
She said: “It had to be dragged there because it is about 100 yards off the road. The Leifin is about two miles from any coastline.”

Padraig Whooley of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group thinks it is part of a group of Atlantic white-sided dolphins which beached at nearby Traigheanna Bay in Dungloe on June 21.

Mr Whooley said 'sightings of such dolphins are fairly uncommon' as they tend to stay much further out to sea. He added: “It could have been taken to this remote area so it could decompose naturally leaving a skeleton which could have been put on show.”

http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/somefin-strange-going---mystery-2008078
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Re: Mystery as dead 'dolphin' body appears 3km inland

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