Humpback whale stranded again off German coast - just days after rescue

Posted by Brilliant_Version344@reddit | whales | View on Reddit | 8 comments

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Senior-Art-4464@reddit

A Whale’s greatest fear is to drown, they beach themselves to die slowly, rather than drown. They’ll suffer indefinitely rather than drown, but we interfere with that and save them from death, and force them to drown.

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TurbulentCaregiver23@reddit

So sad!!! Is something wrong with his sonar?? Or does anybody know what’s wrong with him? Or how to help? It would be a difficult task I guess. If he’s rescued again, I don’t suppose a large boat could follow him and block his way back to the coast. Probably not. We are losing this species slowly. Painful for us to watch and not be able to do anything. Any specialists out there on this species. Can anything be done?????🥲

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Sqib000@reddit

The solar geomagnetic storms screw w their navigation.

Once the whale beached once, its organs got crushed, he needs to float.

Dragging him back and forth for a youtube channel is the cruelest thing I've seen in a long time

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philmasterson@reddit

Humbacks (all balene whales) don't have sonar. Only toothed whales like dolphins, orcas and porpoises do. Humpback populations are actually recovering very well since the whaling days. Hard to say why a humpback whale would beach 2 times in a row without a veterinary assessment.

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Icy_Sea_4440@reddit

Such a sad story for this whale. I just hope that they don’t suffer too much.