A gnawed to bones killer whale found by a nature reserve ranger.
Massive teeth of a male killer whale reach 13cm. Picture: Aleksey Ineshin
The impressively looking skeleton was noticed on a beach at the Kronotsky Bay, east of Kamchatka Peninsula.
Wildlife inspector Aleksey Inishen photographed it while patrolling this area of the Kronotsky Nature Reserve.
This must have been a male killer whale, experts said.
‘Marine biologist Vladimir Vertyankin explained that this is the skeleton of a male killer whale.
'It is quite likely that the carcass got washed ashore at the end of spring, and it arrived just on time for hungry post-hibernation bear to have their first snack’, said Marina Vorontsova from the administration of the reserve.
Snack à la Jurassic Park for Kamchatka’s brown bears. Pictures: Aleksey Ineshin/Kronotsky Nature Reserve
Massive teeth of a male killer whale reach 13cm.
The impressively looking skeleton was noticed on a beach at the Kronotsky Bay, east of Kamchatka Peninsula. Pictures: Liana Varavskaya/Kronotsky Nature Reserve
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