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A sperm whale which died on Monday after washing up on the island of Raasay had been entangled in ropes.

It was the latest in a series of whale entanglements off the Scottish coast in the last few months.

What is behind such incidents and how common are they?

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Because we're putting ropes in their home.