Porpoise found washed up on beach
THE body of a baby porpoise has been found washed up on a popular beach by shocked members of the public.
The animal was found this morning on Ovingdean Beach in Marine Drive, Brighton.
Joe Leech saw the animal as he was walking in the area.
He said: “Me and my mate stumbled across what appeared to be a creature of the deep.
“But we quickly realised it was a dead dolphin.”
Several harbour porpoises and bottlenose dolphins have been seen in Sussex this summer.
Recently, six dolphins were seen near Newhaven on September 2 and four porpoises were seen near Chichester Harbour on August 28 - according to the Sea Watch Foundation.
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