According to officials from the state mangrove cell, the carcass of the Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin was eight-foot-long and the length of the porpoise was four-feet. While fishermen from Aksa informed the mangrove cell about the porpoise around 9am on Sunday, Bandra residents informed the officials about the dolphin carcass around 2pm though it was first seen around 10am. Mangrove cell officials said the dolphin carcass had washed ashore at Juhu Beach on Friday but was pulled back into the sea during a high tide. Also, their internal organs had come out,” said Prashant Deshmukh, range forest officer, state mangrove cell. The state mangrove cell will construct the city’s first marine mammal rescue centre at Juhu beach by December.

Source: Hindustan Times August 27, 2017 18:22 UTC