Drift whale
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A drift whale is a cetacean mammal that has died at sea and floated into shore. This is in contrast to a beached or stranded whale, which reaches land alive and may die there or regain safety in the o
A sei whale carcass being removed from a Virginia beach by the authorities
A sperm whale stranded on 3 February 1598 on the Dutch sea-coast. For more than 200 years, this image was the best-known representation of the species.
An illustration of "Whales" from the German encyclopedia Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. The fin whale and the dolphin are depicted as beached.
A beachcomber examining the marks of great white shark bites
Globster
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A globster or blob is an unidentified organic mass that washes up on the shoreline of an ocean or other body of water. A globster is distinguished from a normal beached carcass by being hard to identi
The "St. Augustine Monster", a carcass that washed ashore near St. Augustine, Florida, in 1896
The partially excavated carcass of the St. Augustine Monster