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Dead butanding recovered in Navotas

Rey Galupo - The Philippine Star
Dead butanding recovered in Navotas
The carcass of a 15-foot whale shark or butanding lies at the Navotas Fish Port after it was found floating by fishermen near the complex early yesterday.
Boy Santos

MANILA, Philippines — The carcass of a whale shark, locally known as “butanding,” washed ashore near the Navotas Fish Port Complex before dawn yesterday.

The whale shark was at least 15 feet long and weighed more than 3,000 kilos, according to Arsilo Catipay, NFPC police and security division chief.

Fishermen were about to set sail when they saw the whale shark floating several meters from the shoreline at around 4 a.m.

Catipay said they sought the assistance of the Philippine Coast Guard, which lifted the whale shark from the water at around 8 a.m.

Authorities said they were going to bring the whale shark to the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority, where it will be examined to determine the cause of death.                

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