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According to George Leonard, chief scientist at the Ocean Conservancy, the carcass is probably that of a baleen whale. There are parts of the carcass that appear to be baleen plates that’s
used to filter out food, said Leonard to HuffPost. The Seram island is not far from the migration route of baleen whales, so there are chances that Leonard is right in his assessment. Dead
whales, however, usually sink to the bottom of the ocean, pointed out Live Science. Chances are that the whale had a bacterial infection that produced gases that bloated it into an
unrecognisable shape. The whale may have even died in warm waters, letting bacteria breed and flourish, said Live Science. This isn’t the first such sighting of a sea creature that has left
the world baffled. In Australia, a bloated creature was seen afloat. Locals thought it was a hot air balloon but realised later that it was a dead whale – again, the stench gave it away,
reported _Washington Post._
