Dugong Found Dead in Krabi

By
Goongnang Suksawat
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Krabi –

A dugong was found dead on a beach in Nuea Klong.

The Thai Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) told the Phuket Express that a dugong was found dead near the Jum Island in Koh Sri Boya over the past weekend. She was a female teenage dugong measuring 1.72 meters in length and weighing 55 kilograms.

She had started to decompose. Wounds from other dugong’s fangs were also found on her. An autopsy was conducted but her cause of death was found to be natural sickness and not being attacked by other dugongs.

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Goongnang Suksawat
Goongnang Suksawat
Goong Nang is a News Translator who has worked professionally for multiple news organizations in Thailand for many years and has worked with The Pattaya News for five years. Specializes primarily in local news for Phuket, Pattaya, and also some national news, with emphasis on translation between Thai to English and working as an intermediary between reporters and English-speaking writers. Originally from Nakhon Si Thammarat, but lives in Phuket and Krabi except when commuting between the three.