Carcass of rare dugong found floating in Sattahip bay

The carcass of a payoon (dugong), a rare marine animal, was brought onto the boat pier of the Sattahip marine police after it was found floating in Sattahip bay in Chon Buri on Tuesday morning. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)

CHON BURI: The carcass of a dugong, a rare marine mammal known as payoon in Thai, was found floating in Sattahip bay in Sattahip district on Tuesday.

The discovery came less than two days after the discovery of another dead dugong in Chaiya district of Surat Thani.