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Whale carcass washes up on popular beach

  • A newborn male humpback whale calf about 4.5 metres long stranded on a Sydney beach and died despite rescue efforts by responders.
  • The whale carcass has been removed and will be tested for H5N1 bird flu, which is harmful to marine wildlife and has recently appeared in Australia.
  • The cause of the whale's stranding is unknown, with possible reasons including illness, injury, separation from the mother, navigational challenges, or natural factors.
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Sydney Morning HeraldSydney Morning Herald
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Whale washes up at beach in Cronulla

A baby humpback whale has washed up on the shore of Greenhills Beach in Sydney's south. Credit: TNV

·North Sydney, Australia
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Whale carcass washes up on popular beach

The horror discovery was made on Friday morning by Surf Life Savers at the popular beach in Sydney’s south.

·Osborne Park, Australia
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A newborn humpback whale that stranded on a Sydney beach on Thursday night died on Friday. Authorities will test its carcass for H5N1 avian influenza. The stranded whale was a male humpback juvenile, measuring approximately 4.5 meters in length. (The image shows an adult humpback whale, unrelated to this article.) (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

·New York, United States
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PerthNow broke the news in Osborne Park, Australia on Friday, July 17, 2026.
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