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Minke whale spotted off shores in Cornwall

Mermaid Pleasure Trips, Penzance The top of a whale in the ocean.Mermaid Pleasure Trips, Penzance
The whale was seen between Mousehole and Lamorna

A minke whale has apparently been spotted feeding off the shore by fishing crews in Cornwall.

Company Mermaid Pleasure Trips said the mammal was spotted where hoards of jellyfish had also been seen.

A local fisherman said he saw three or four in a pod recently, which indicated that bait fish stocks in the area were healthy.

Skipper Adrian said the whale was seen between Mousehole and Lamorna.

He said: "I think we saw it for something like 20, 25 minutes - it was coming up going down, you could see that it was feeding, very nice sight to see them.

"I had the tip off earlier in the morning from a fishing boat friend of mine that said he'd seen them down off the Lizard and they were coming into the bay, so I was keeping my eyes open."

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