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  It took the City of Cape Town 18 hours to remove the 30m whale carcass from the False Bay shoreline where it washed up late on Sunday.(Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town)
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  The carcass was transported to Vissershok Landfill Site for disposal. (Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town)
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  The beaches between Muizenberg and Monwabisi were reopened on Tuesday but a high shark caution remained in place. (Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town)
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  Capricorn beach remained closed. It will reopen once the whale blood and oil has dispersed sufficiently. (Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town)
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  (Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town)
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  On Tuesday, water users in False Bay were advised to exercise extreme caution as the potential for increased shark activity in the area still remained. (Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town)
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  (Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town)
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  (Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town)
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  (Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town)
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  (Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town)
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  (Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town)
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  (Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town)
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  (Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town)
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  (Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town)
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  Workers measure the beached whale. (Schalk van Zuydam, AP)
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  (N. Engelbrecht, Sapa)
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  A man photographs the beached southern right whale carcass that washed up on Muizenberg beach, Cape Town late on Sunday. (Schalk van Zuydam, AP)
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  Beaches remained closed on Monday as disaster response teams attempted to recover the carcass. (Schalk van Zuydam, AP)
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  Because of increased shark activity in the area, the public was warned to stay out of the water. (Schalk van Zuydam, AP)
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  (Schalk van Zuydam, AP)
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  (Schalk van Zuydam, AP)
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  (Rob Tarr, News24 user)
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  The southern right whale was attacked by great white sharks, spilling litres of blood and blubber into the ocean. (Rob Tarr, News24 user)
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  It's still unknown if the whale was attacked by the sharks while it was alive. It may have died of an illness. (Rob Tarr, News24 user)
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  Scientists from the Department of Environmental Affairs took samples of the carcass to perform a necropsy to establish the cause of death. (Rob Tarr, News24 user)
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  The beaches between Muizenberg and Monwabisi were closed for the area to be cleared and declared safe. (Graeme Raubenheimer, EWN)
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  (Aletta Gardner, EWN)

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