LISTEN: Durban residents flock to Toti after whale beaches
Hundreds of concerned Durban residents have been flocking to Pipeline beach in Amanzimtoti, south of the city after a baby whale beached this morning.
Members of the public found the whale and notified police.
UPDATE: Operation to remove baby whale from Durban beach underway
It is understood the juvenile humpback whale died before authorities reach the scene.
Authorities have spent the day trying to remove the carcass from beach.
Two bakkies and a TLB were used to try and remove the carcass, but efforts are still ongoing.
Two bakkies and a TLB were used to try and remove the carcass, but efforts are still ongoing.
A crowd looks on as authorities make means of pulling out the carcass of the calf whale #TotiWhale pic.twitter.com/jngNa8TgS2
— Sandile Jeff Zikhali (@Bangibiza_uJeff) August 21, 2018
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Authorities have began cutting the belly of the carcass to release bodily fluids so that it can be light enough to pull #TotiWhale pic.twitter.com/XZWvYG9tf4
— Sandile Jeff Zikhali (@Bangibiza_uJeff) August 21, 2018