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Dead whale, one of Mediterranean’s largest, found off Italy’s coast
The carcass of a huge whale has been recovered from the waters off southern Italy, the coastguard said Wednesday, calling it “probably one of the largest” ever found in the Mediterranean.The dead mammal was spotted in the sea on Sunday near the popular tourist destination of Sorrento by coastguard divers who were first alerted to the presence of a smaller whale, which has since disappeared into the sea.The coastguard said it recovered the carcass overnight on Tuesday and then towed the whale…