Nine-tonne whale found dead in Amazon jungle

Marine specialists from the Bicho D'agua Institute, a conservation group based on Marajo, are part of the team examining the whale, thought to have died several days before it was found (stock photo)

Tim Wyatt

Wildlife experts have been left baffled after discovering a dead humpback whale in the Amazon rainforest.

The nine-tonne mammal was found in the jungle undergrowth on the island of Marajo, which sits at the mouth of the Amazon River.