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Sperm whales wash up on English beach

            This is the carcass of a fifth sperm whale that has washed up on England's east coast.

The fifth whale was found at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, on Monday afternoon, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency reported. Four others died in a number of beachings nearby in recent days. A pod of up to six whales had been spotted close to the shoreline on Friday. This whale has washed up near Wainfleet in Lincolnshire.The latest case follows the death of a beached whale off Hunstanton in Norfolk and the discovery of three carcasses near the resort of Skegness over the weekend.Somebody spray-painted “Man’s Fault” on the tail of one of the whales. “Man’s Fault” means that the whale is dead because of people.Somebody wrote “CND” on another whale. It means Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.The cause of the deaths is not known, experts will examine the bodies of the whales to try and establish why they beached and whether their deaths are linked to a pod of 12 which died between the Netherlands and Germany in January.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/25/europe/whales-beached-england/

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/26/sperm-whales-stranded-in-uk-may-be-part-of-beached-german-and-dutch-pods

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-35400884