A Second Beached Whale?

'The Raptor' was scrambling over the rocks between Sanna and Portuairk yesterday when he came across these remains fairly high up on the shore.

They may be the carcass of the whale beached at Sanna towards the end of December (Diary entry here) but, if they are, something has made short work of the flesh which was on the beast then.

'The Raptor' describes these remains as being 'about ten foot long' and with the head missing. This certainly seems the sort of size that pilot whale would have been but it could also be a second one.

Whether it's a new or the same one, can anyone explain what may have happened to the flesh?

Many thanks to 'The Raptor' for the pictures.