Stranded Pilot whales were buried at Spirits Bay


A dead pilot whale, stranded at Spirits bay, is moved to the burial site for the Maori burial. There is a juvenile whale in the background.


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Photo credit: © Lottie Hope / Alamy / Afripics
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