36-Feet Long Humpback Whale Found Dead in the Amazon Jungle



A 36-feet long humpback whale has been found dead in the Amazon jungle, miles from its natural habitat, ''The Daily Mail'' reports. 

Experts in Brazil have been left baffled as to how the ten-tonne animal came to be lying in the woodland area around 50ft (15 meters) from the sea.

Scientists believe the creature died at sea and may have landed in the wooded area after rough seas and high tides threw it inland, far from the ocean.

 

Scientists discovered the marine mammal in undergrowth on the island of Marajo off the Araruna Beach, at the mouth of the Amazon River

Scientists from Semma went to inspect the remains of the whale to gather information which could help to explain how the creature ended up deep in the jungle

Biologists believe the massive animal, which measures around six feet wide, was already dead when it was carried by huge waves to its unnatural resting place around 50ft from the ocean 

A team from the Bicho D'agua Institute were called in to collect forensic samples to determine the cause of death of the huge whale


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