On recent trip to Norfolk we ended up at Hunstanton Beach and had a close look at the beached sperm whale.
We could see the crowd of people around it from the car park.
It was sad to see such a fantastic creature dead on a beach but the anatomist in me could not help but be fascinated.
Sadly someone had hacked of the lower jaw and the teeth had been sawn off. I was still impressive to think that mouth had wrestled with deep sea creatures including the giant squid.
It had come to rest on its right hand side, which meant the blowhole, which unsually for whales is angled to the front and left and on the left had side of the snout, was visible.
A sad end to such a magnificant creature but fastinating to see.
Very sad to see, but a fascinating post.
I also went to see the whale such a beautiful creature. People told me I was sick for seeing it lay dead and that they would rather see it alive somewhere which I replied good luck with that. I knew this would be probably my one and only chance at seeing one. It was lovely to see even though it was dead I took loads of photos and couldn’t believe it’s size. There was complete ***holes there at the same time as me who were kicking it one guy even walked on top of it and layed down for a photo now that’s sick! However so glad I got to see it before they cut it up and took it to landfill!
WATTA BEAUT OF A CREATURE, STUNNING. WANNA MARRY IT