An infant whale, described as newborn or still suckling, was found dead on the Karpaz peninsula in Northern Cyprus yesterday. It was described as a Minke whale. Cause of death was not determined as it was already beginning to decompose. There are, surprisingly, thousands of whales in the Mediterranean, including - or more accurately no longer including - a number who washed up dead on the shores of North Cyprus after the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria disturbed the sea and their methods of communication and navigation.