Humpback whale spent 5 days stuck next to the coast of the Baltic Sea in the north of Germany. The animal's length was approximately 15 meters , weight - 15 tons. Two excavators were trying to dig an artificial channel , So he could swim away. Nonetheless , Eventually , The whale managed to move

Posted by Competitive_Set_4386@reddit | whales | View on Reddit | 41 comments

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Predictable-human@reddit

Your wording made it seems like he didn't make it, so glad to see that's not the case. I was worried for this bro.

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Predictable-human@reddit

I've already said this in another thread with another subject, but bro these days is practically considered gender neutral.

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Mobile-Monk-104@reddit

Update: Health conditioned worsened, lower breath frequency, didn't move.

German article:

https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/buckelwal-haengt-weiter-vor-wismar-fest-tier-reagiert-kaum-auf-boote,wal-180.html

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elekrok@reddit

Actually it stranded again yesterday.

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Everyone cheers, but I dont think the whale will live. I think when these massive creatures are on land, even while technically in water, their organs inside get crushed bc there is no bouyancy. I hope I'm wrong.

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Matar_Kubileya@reddit

Also, there are some indications that the whale was already dealing with some sort of severe illness.

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Clinically-Inane@reddit

Are there? As far as I knew the exact opposite had been reported— that the reason they were so adamantly determined to get him out into the deeps again is because he was so healthy and there was no reason to let him die

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Sqib000@reddit

NOAA fully disagrees, and prepare to see this whale wash back up soon, dead w shark bites post mortem.

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Clinically-Inane@reddit

This whale wasn’t trapped “on shore”— they mean that as in beached, as in fully or almost entirely out of the water, and that’s not the case here

Note how they use the wording “out of water.” This whale was never out of water; his dorsal area was partly exposed to the air but he was never out of water

He’s stuck again though, on another bar with his dorsal area barely exposed as of an hour ago, so things aren’t looking so good

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Sqib000@reddit

Omg stop. The whale was on the sand. Not floating free. Just bc it touched water means nothing. His organs got crushed, he never was going to survive.

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Clinically-Inane@reddit

oMg StOp 😮‍💨

Nah, because I like facts and the fact here is that there’s a massive difference in survival rate between whales stranded out of water— like on beaches— and whales stranded mostly in water, like on sand bars. The screen shot you shared is directly referring to the first instance, whether you want to admit it or not

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Sqib000@reddit

Yet he's stranded again, this perfectly healthy whale. Hmmm. 🙄

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Clinically-Inane@reddit

He’s been in the Baltic Sea for a hell of a long time now, he’s extremely disoriented and even if he was completely 100% healthy (which we know he isn’t) he’d likely be having a difficult time orienting himself and avoiding getting stuck in such shallow water

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Sqib000@reddit

So in your world, he is a perfectly healthy whale who just got lost - twice and laying on the sand had zero impact? That's rich.

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Clinically-Inane@reddit

“Perfectly healthy” “laying on the sand had zero impact”

I never said any of that and you absolutely know it

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Sqib000@reddit

Nope, that's you hun. No internal damage, you diagnosed him from the internet. I saw it.

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Clinically-Inane@reddit

mmkay ✨hUn✨

I did not say anywhere that he had “no internal damage,” I think you’re literally confusing me with someone else you were arguing with because I haven’t even commented on internal damage in any way

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Sqib000@reddit

You lie too. So there's that. 🙄

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allaboutgarlic@reddit

That will 100% not happen. No sharks in the Baltic except very rare visitors.

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Sqib000@reddit

Fish bites then 🙄

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Dayblack7@reddit

His skin is very damaged from the low salinity and he has a ghost net in his mouth, that could obstruct his esophagus. And he has to be guided all the way into the Atlantic, where the Salinity is higher, so he might not make it.

The good news is, that his inner organs getting crushed isn't really a problem. There has been a bigger whale stranded fully on land for 5 days that havs survived.

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