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Judi Lynn

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Wed Feb 21, 2018, 02:12 AM Feb 2018

PEOPLE CARVE LOVE NOTES INTO BEACHED BLUE WHALE AND TAKE SMILING SELFIES ATOP CARCASS


BY DAVID BRENNAN ON 2/20/18 AT 9:43 AM

A dead blue whale has become the subject of macabre selfies and vandalism after washing up on a beach in Chile.

The 66-foot whale carcass drew curious locals near Punta Arenas—in the Magallanes region of Chile's far south—to the beach.

But some proceeded to clamber over the animal to take selfies, and even cut messages into its skin, one of which read, “Ana I love you”, according to Chilean newspaper La Nación.

One man tweeted photos of the dead whale, explaining, “the cetacean was scratched with dedications, deep cuts in its skin and two women photographing themselves on top of its body.”

More:
http://www.newsweek.com/people-carve-love-notes-beached-blue-whale-and-take-smiling-selfies-atop-812738?piano_t=1

Technology progresses, some "humans" do not.
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PEOPLE CARVE LOVE NOTES INTO BEACHED BLUE WHALE AND TAKE SMILING SELFIES ATOP CARCASS (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2018 OP
Day-Old Whale regnaD kciN Feb 2018 #1
May the Great Spirit treat them accordingly. niyad Feb 2018 #2
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