KUALA TERENGGANU: The State Fishery Department has despatched a team of researchers from the department's head office to determine whether the animal carcass found at Kampung Beting Lintang beach this morning was a whale.
Its director Abdul Khalil Abdul Karim said the public alerted him about the incident at around 2.30pm and a team of researchers had been despatched to Besut 30 minutes later, to identify the species of the animal carcass.
"From my observation of the circulated picture, the carcass seems more similar to a dolphin rather than a whale. However, we have to wait for the report from our researchers before any confirmation can be made," he said today.
The picture of the partly decomposed animal went viral after is was photographed on the beach near Kampung Beting Lintang today.