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Dead humpback whale washes up on Kent beach

Dead: The beached whale

Simon Jones/@SimonJonesNews

Hannah Al-Othman

14 October 2015

Beach-goers were today confronted with the distressing sight of the washed-up carcass of a humpback whale.

The 25ft creature was discovered this morning on Botany Bay in Kent.

Beached: It is thought the whale was struck by a boat

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Police, coast guard, and marine life experts are at the scene, on the seafront at Foreness Point in Thanet, between Cliftonville and Broadstairs.

The beach has been cordoned off, although crowds of onlookers have still flocked to the area to film the carcass.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sad end for the Thanet whale. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://t.co/mdQjb4RRS3" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3090416-http://t.co/mdQjb4RRS3" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/mdQjb4RRS3</a> — Simon Jones (@SimonJonesNews) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/SimonJonesNews/status/654257654055968768" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3090416-https://twitter.com/SimonJonesNews/status/654257654055968768" data-vars-event-id="c23">October 14, 2015</a>

A dead humpback whale was spotted at the London Array windfarm off the Thanet coast on Monday, and there is speculation that this could be the same one.

It is thought the whale died after being hit by a boat.