disposal of the dead whales in Scotland

more sad news, a dead single Whale has landed up on the beach at Littlestone in Kent

It’s sad, and happens quite a lot.Nothing much to do with global warming as far as I know.

25+ years ago five dead whales appeared on our beach. Due to access difficulties it was impossible to get a large vehicle to them, so ground was acquired from a neighbouring farmer. The carcasses were moved by tractor and buried.

MerylStreep

How odd. Why not let nature deal with them.
Another tragedy linked to the seas warming.

Is it?
Pilot whales often beach themselves in large numbers, as long as I can remember

I lived on an island off the Isle of Lewis several years ago. We had a croft with a small pebble beach. A minke whale died at sea and washed up on the beach. It took at least a year for it to start to be eaten by crabs and other things. It stank. It was vile. It was a long time before it had decomposed enough to use some of the bones to edge a garden. The vertebrae were great for this.

That can be done in certain circumstances. Sometimes, though, the bodies don’t sink and you end up with a rotting carcass on the surface. Local shipping, tides and depth of water also mean it may not be apt.

How odd. Why not let nature deal with them.
Another tragedy linked to the seas warming.

I’ve always thought the same infoman. I know they are already beached but as you say would it not make more sense to tow them out to sea.