The carcass of a whale about 20 tons [20 tons] was exposed in the sand of Maceda beach in Ovar due to maritime erosion. It'll be the same animal you threw in March this year.
© Sandro Carapuço
12/10/2026
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News to Minutes
Othe remains of a whale with about 20 tons were exposed, on the beach of Maceda, in Ovar, due to maritime erosion. The animal will be the same as that area in March this year.
At the time, source of the National Maritime Authority (AMN) advanced to the News to Minutes that the services of the Ovar City Council and the Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center (CRAM) had started “work to remove the body of the whale, with the support of a rotating machine”. However, the whale was buried in the sand itself.
Maritime erosion exposed the carcass of the animal, and an intervention was planned to cover it again on Tuesday, according to information provided to the Commission News Newspaper for the locality.
O News to Minutes he contacted the Ovar City Council in order to obtain more information and is awaiting return.
Meanwhile, the people expressed their concern about the case, considering that there are “obvious risks of contamination and unbearable smells”.