The fin whale is the second largest animal in the world, behind the blue whale, and is an endangered species.

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Glass mosaic tiles will then be applied to create the images of an Atlantic white-sided dolphin, a short-beaked common dolphin and fin whale.

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The turtle is the latest in a large number of sea creatures, including a 40 tonne fin whale, to be found on beaches around Wales.

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It was originally thought that the mammal was a minke whale, but the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group now believes it is more likely to be a fin or a sei whale.

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The glossy black fin and back of a minke whale rose a hundred yards astern, two yellow-striped dolphins broke water and plunged down again, and then the flow of the turned tide could be seen as a chop on the water, small standing waves that indicated the Minch was reversing its direction.

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Attracted by plankton, krill and large shoals of herring, minke, fin, humpback, and the occasional killer whale habitually pass through the briny coastal waters between Donegal and Cork City.

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