The waters of Cockburn Sound ran red with blood on Wednesday afternoon as the 40-tonne carcass of a massive sperm whale was dragged onto land.

It took two boats to tow the whale’s remains from the northern end of Rockingham beach through shallow waters to an industrial jetty in Henderson.

The waters of Cockburn Sound ran red with blood on Wednesday afternoon as the 40-tonne carcass of a massive sperm whale was dragged onto land.
It took two boats to tow the whale’s remains from the northern end of Rockingham beach through shallow waters to an industrial jetty in Henderson.

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