Dugong Found Dead in Pulupandan, Negros Occidental
Another sea-creature called Dugong or knows as Sea Cow has been found dead in Barangay Zone 6, town of Pulupandan in Negros Occidental.
PULUPANDAN, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL – a 9.5 feet sea cow or locally knows as “Dugong” has been found dead by the residents.
The sea cow has been found along the coastal waters of Barangay Zone 6 in the town of Pulupandan.
Mahjie Infante, head of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office in the area said that the marine mammal will undergo a necropsy test.
The necropsy test will be conducted to determine the marine creature’s real cause of death. The sea creature is now under the state of decomposition.
Dugong is a medium-size marine mammal that can be usually found throughout the territories of Indo-West Pacific.
Sea cow is also the only strictly herbivorous marine mammal and was hunted to extinction in the 18th century.
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