For some reason people have been taking selfies next to the dead whales in Skegness

Poke Staff. Updated January 25th, 2016

Five dead sperm whales have washed upon a beach near Skegness after a pod found itself in difficulty in the shallow and treacherous waters of the Wash. So naturally people turned up to take selfies and spray graffiti on the whales.

That's the Mercedes logo you utter bellend pic.twitter.com/g1VqAlhELm

— Arial Bold (@amoozbouche) January 25, 2016

And here's one of me with a dead whale pic.twitter.com/xJ6yuqdOMB

— Gerard Tubb (@TubbSky) January 25, 2016