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Huge whale found dead on Chinese beach may

have choked on fishing net
Kathy Gao
kathy.gao@scmp.com (mailto:kathy.gao@scmp.com)

PUBLISHED : Monday, 14 March, 2016, 1:15pm

UPDATED : Monday, 14 March, 2016, 1:35pm

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A huge sperm whale washed up dead on the eastern cost of China last month
may have died after it swallowed a fishing net, according to a newspaper
report.

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Two adult sperm whales were found dead on a beach in Nantong
in Jiangsu
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