A giant humpback whale that has proved popular with locals after making its home in the Firth of Forth has recently vanished.
The stunning marine animal is thought to have survived getting entangled in fishing gear in the new year but may now have left the estuary.
The whale got caught in ropes over the festive period with onlookers having spotted cuts to its tail stock and dorsal ridge on New Years Day.
Lyndsay McNeill, who maintains the Scottish Humpback Catalogue which helps identify individual whales, believes it was most likely these were caused by the whale becoming entangled in rope, but that they were not believed to be serious injuries.The whale appeared in the Firth of Forth in December last year and proved a hit with locals who
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