Whale buried after collecting samples

The 40-foot-long whale, weighing around 25 tonnes, which was found dead on Cox's Bazar Sea Beach on Tuesday, has been buried.

Tarikul Islam, a senior scientific officer at Bangladesh Oceanographic Research Institute, reported that the whale, wrapped in a net, had injury marks on its body, and its tail was already decomposed.

According to Syed Mohammad Belal Haider, director general of Bangladesh Maritime Research Institute, the whale belongs to the Bryde's species, scientifically known as Balaenoptera edeni.

The institute collected samples from the whale, but it had to be buried due to the foul odour emanating from its decomposing body.

Sarwar Shamim, chief executive officer and executive magistrate of Cox's Bazar municipality, said due to its massive size, the whale could not be moved anywhere else.

A crane was brought, and it was buried on the instructions of the deputy commissioner, he added.