Fishermen catch Whale.

A large whale measuring about 7.2 metres long and 1.2 metres wide was caught by fishermen at Adina near Aflao on Monday.

The mammal whose weight could not be determined, has two large pectoral fins with several parasitic sea plants growing on its lower jaw. It has ash and dark stripes from its lower jaw to the abdomen while the rest of its body is dark.

It also has a large opening measuring about 30 centimetres below its abdomen believed to be its sex organ. Mr Amuzu Ashinyo, an elder fisherman told the Ghana News Agency that it took fishermen more than two hours to bring the animal ashore.

Mr Ashinyo said this was the first time in 60 years that fishermen in the area had landed a whale adding, " the whole community is at a loss as to what to do with it." It died after three hours ashore.