Yahoo News Mindless vandals leave GRAFFITI on washed-up whale carcass then take tasteless pictures on its back
The carcass of a giant blue whale that washed up on a popular beach has been left with footprints and graffiti from vandals taking selfies with it.
The dead whale was discovered on the beach of Punta Arenas in the Magallanes Region of southern Chile.
However, the majesty of the marine mammal was tarnished by graffiti – with the words ‘Ana, I love you’ scrawled across its back.
People desperate for a selfie with the whale also climbed and stomped all over it, leaving numerous footprints on its skin.
Social media reacted overwhelmingly negatively to the way the carcass with treated, with one person writing: “We are losing respect and empathy for everything today.”
Another added: “So stupid, every day we get worse. How would the people who did this like to have their dead bodies written on? They do not respect anything!”
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The whale was over 66 feet long and was taken away by Chilean authorities to establish its cause of death.
Initial reports suggest that it may have died from an illness or possibly following a collision with a ship, although it displayed no obvious signs of physical injury.
Marine specialists will report on their investigation into the blue whale’s death later this week.
The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever existed, and are difficult to weigh because of their size.
They have to be cut into individually-weighed parts which cause a considerable loss of blood and body fluids, estimated to be around 6% of its total weight.
The heaviest blue whale recorded weighed 190 metric tonnes and was a southern hemisphere female.
