The fin whale found beached on the Coluccia peninsula , in Santa Teresa Gallura , late in the evening of January 22, following a report by the pilot of an ultralight aircraft, did not die due to plastic, which was practically absent from its stomach.

The next day, after the relevant surveys, it was towed to the port of Santa Teresa and yesterday, loaded by a travel on a large vehicle (it is 12 long and weighs 8 tons) it was transported to the Buoncammino area where the autopsy was performed . At the end the whale was placed in a large pit, on a large waterproof tarpaulin and covered by another tarpaulin, and was buried. The area was subsequently reclaimed.

The examination, carried out by doctors from the University of Padua, has not yet allowed to establish with certainty what were the causes of death and it will be interesting, in the coming weeks, to know, to have precise knowledge on the state of health of these cetaceans, the only ones of this type that live in the Mediterranean, also in reference to the various pollutions and the modified climatic situation.

The whale has been taken in by the Marine Protected Area of Capo Testa-Punta Falcone, which intends (it will take about 7 months for decomposition) to place its skeleton, appropriately treated, in a museum that is about to be built, together with the marine archaeological finds discovered over time in Santa Teresa and an exhibition of shells from the Strait of Bonifacio.