Dead black dolphin washed up on Cat Hai beach

On the morning of July 10, at the beach of Ang Ong Bay area in Hien Hao - Cat Hai commune, Hai Phong city, people discovered a black dolphin nearly 3m long, weighed 245 kg and washed into the rocky beach. 'Mr. Dolphin' has been buried according to sea ceremonies.

The incident was discovered around 6:30 am on July 10, 2012, Mr. Vu Van Dang, a resident of Hien Hao - Cat Hai Commune (Hai Phong) when traveling from the beach of Ang Ong Bay area in Hien Hao commune. Home found a black dolphin lying dead on a rocky beach by the water's edge.

Picture 1 of Dead black dolphin washed up on Cat Hai beach
The black dolphin died on the rocks.

Soon after, Mr. Deng informed the local authorities. Professional departments and Hien Hao commune authorities were present to find out the cause of the incident. Recorded at the scene, the fish is a Black Dolphin with a length of 2.85 meters, a belly circumference of 1.35 meters, a weight of 245 kg.

On the fish with no major injuries, there are only minor scratches due to rubbing with the rocks in the beach. In fact, at the district and commune levels, there are not enough necessary facilities and lack of specialized experts, so the cause of dead fish cannot be determined. Due to the need to ensure the environmental sanitation of the local authorities and people, he took the fish to the area of ​​Ong Ong Bay to carry out the burial according to the rituals of the people in the sea.

Picture 2 of Dead black dolphin washed up on Cat Hai beach
Local people organized the burial of "him" of dolphins according to customary waters.

Before that, a white dolphin weighed nearly 1.5 quintals, 2.2m long was lost in Lan Ha bay (Cat Ba - Hai Phong) and died after 10 days of being lost. On March 15, the white dolphin floats on the water, swimming and tumbling in the area of ​​Vom cave gate. Many people believe that this dolphin is lost, so it swims into shallow water here, cannot find a way out.

Seeing that, some people took fresh fish to feed their family and dropped them to feed the dolphins. On March 25, the white dolphin died. Local people picked up burial fish according to the customs of the sea.