**Teams recover dead humpback whale
fuente bbc … y aquí hace días que van poniendo noticias sobre ésto.
y es que estos bichos son raros por ahí … a ver qué dice la “macro”necropsia.
Teams pulled the dead whale back to the beach A humpback whale has been found dead off the south Wales coast near Aberavon.
The animal, which is about 15ft (4.5m) long, was reported floating in the Port Talbot harbour area at 0920 GMT.
A spokesman for Swansea coastguard said Port Talbot lifeboat and a coastguard team were sent to tow the animal back to shore.
Strandings Co-ordinator for Wales, Rod Penrose, is on his way to the scene to examine the whale. (…)
**Mass deaths of rare croc in India
At least 21 endangered crocodile-like gharials have been found dead over the past three days in a river in northern India, wildlife officials say.
The reptiles died in the Chambal River, and one official said that cirrhosis of the liver was the cause of the deaths.
Tests are now being carried out on the water for the presence of any liver-damaging toxins. (…)

la familia cucudrilo
… la relación entre las especies, subespecies … y demás, caimanes primos? sobrinos? gaviales tíos? nietos? … (éste es el más sonriente)
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