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Whale carcass closes Windward beaches. Oahu, Hawaii

Beaches from Bellows Air Force Station to Waimanalo Beach Park were closed yesterday as about a dozen sharks fed off the carcass of a dead humpback whale that had washed ashore on the military base.

Capt. Kevin Allen, with the city lifeguards, said the Windward beaches may remain off limits today.

"Because the carcass has been attacked by sharks over the past couple of days, its blood and its smell is in the water," Allen said. "So we would like people to be aware that there may be sharks in the water."

The whale carcass was spotted about 10:30 a.m. by fishermen, Allen said. Sharks 6- to 12-feet long surrounded the whale, and bite marks could be seen on the decomposing, white body.

Dozens of people watched from a distance, mostly to avoid the overpowering stench.

Despite the lifeguards' warnings, people at Waimanalo Beach Park were swimming, understanding that they were taking a chance.

Evelyn Burton and her son Michael went for a swim but stayed close to shore. Burton said her family had planned to spend the day at Bellows but was turned away and later she learned it was because of the dead whale.

Burton said she couldn't resist the ocean, but she said she was cautious. "But it was scary when a body surfer bumped into me," she said.

Kris Tine said parents of a local basketball team lined the beach as their children swam. The group began arriving at the beach at 10 a.m. and came out when instructed to, but by 2 p.m. they had decided to take a chance and let the children in the water even though a shark had been spotted earlier.

The city provided a front-end loader and several dump trucks to remove the whale. The work was completed about 9 p.m. last night.

Source: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Feb/22/ln/ln22a.html

Posted on Sunday, 22 February 2004 @ 14:52:13 MST by dolfin

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