A carcass of a Ganges species dolphin washed ashore on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali on Thursday.
Locals spotted the carcass, seven feet long, around late afternoon, reported our local correspondent.
Witnesses told UNB that there were bruises on its face and they suspected the dolphin died after being hit by fishing net.
Kalapara upazila senior Fisheries Officer Apu Saha said that the carcass belonged to Ganges river species (Platanista gangetica) of dolphins .
Dolphins of this species usually survive by eating fish. As a result, it may die by getting trapped in fishing nets.
He also didn’t rule out the possibility of natural death due to age..
Earlier on Sep 2, a 12-foot dolphin washed ashore in Kuakata beach of Patuakhali.
Before that, as many as 12 dead dolphins were found on the beach this year over a period of nine months.
Among them, nine were recovered in August alone.
In 2020, around seven dead dolphins were found on the Kuakata coast.
Source: United News of Bangladesh