VIDEO: A 35-foot dead whale recovered from Kuwaiti waters - GulfToday

VIDEO: A 35-foot dead whale recovered from Kuwaiti waters

  • 18 Jan 2021
Whale-Kuwait

The carcass of the whale is being transported to the port.

Gulf Today Report

The authorities in Kuwait have fished out a carcass of a whale from the water on Sunday evening.

The whale is about 35 feet long.



The body was discovered near Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Bridge.

The Environmental Agency and the Ports Authorities in cooperation with the Kuwaiti Coast Guard pulled out the dead whale and transported it to the municipality’s headquarters.

A video clip has been doing the rounds on social media of the Coast Guard transporting the carcass of the whale.

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