A 13-metre (42-foot) sperm whale is dying after washing up on a Belgian beach on Wednesday, the country’s Royal Institute of Natural Science said.
The whale, beached near Zeebrugge by the resort of Knokke-Heist, showed signs of several wounds, the institute’s Jan Haelters told the national news agency Belga.
A fully-mature male sperm whale can reach up to 22 metres (over 70 feet) in length.