A Female Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirotris) was found dead on Saturday afternoon, hours after coastal residents in Tagum City helped the stranded mammal swim back to sea. Tagum is some 50 kilometers away from the Davao City. Darrel Blatchley, owner of Bone Collector Museum Inc. and who has done several necropses and bone preservation of rare marine species, said he found a stip of a fish net and some garbage inside the intestines o the whale.

Santos, D. (2013, March 19). Whale found dead. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A8.